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Manufacturing & Quality Manager

This role owns the quality and operational excellence of AI infrastructure manufacturing from raw material intake through final shipment. Managers in this position lead cross-functional teams spanning receiving inspection, production quality, and compliance, ensuring that modular data centers, power systems, and other mission-critical hardware consistently meet rigorous internal standards and regulatory requirements like ISO 9001 and UL certifications. They balance strategic quality systems design with hands-on oversight of inspection teams and technicians, driving continuous improvement through robust CAPA processes, calibration programs, and root cause analysis while partnering with engineering and supply chain to resolve design-to-build conflicts at scale.

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Product Quality ManagerSr. Production Manager
Open Jobs19
Companies Hiring7
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Measured across 19 of 19 open postings.

0%
expect AI in the role's own work
0% state it as a requirement
0%
work directly with customers
47%
manage people
Manager
most common level
42% of open postings
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Quality management systems

90%

Manufacturing operations management

63%

Process design and improvement

63%

Reliability and failure analysis

26%

Compliance program management

26%

Operational metrics and analytics

21%

Supplier and vendor management

16%

Design for manufacturability

16%

Metrics and KPI definition

16%

Business insight analysis

11%

Program and project management

11%

Technical drawing interpretation

11%
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Technical team leadership and mentoring

53%

Structured problem solving

16%

Change management

11%

Detail and documentation rigor

11%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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ERPlow
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Open Jobs

19 open Manufacturing & Quality Manager jobs across 7 companies.

Crusoe3w
Manager, Process Engineering
Brighton, CO - US·Business Operations
Figure AI3w
Production Lead (Swing Shift)
San Jose, CA·Business Operations
Shield AI3w
Manager, Quality Systems (R5960)
Dallas, Texas·Business Operations
Graphcore1mo
Manufacturing Operational Excellence Manager
Bristol, UK·Business Operations
Crusoe1mo
Senior Manager, QMS - Manufacturing
Brighton, CO - US·Business Operations
Crusoe1mo
Quality Manager - Manufacturing
Tulsa, OK - US (1)·Business Operations
OpenAI1mo
Manufacturing Quality Engineer – Datacenter Infrastructure
San Francisco·Business Operations
Physical Intelligence1mo
Shift Lead
San Francisco·Business Operations
Crusoe1mo
Production Planner
Arvada, CO - US·Business Operations
Graphcore2mo
Senior Integrated Management System Engineer
Bristol, UK·Business Operations
CoreWeave2mo
Data Center OFCI Quality Manager
Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA·Business Operations
Figure AI3mo
Supplier Quality Engineer
San Jose, CA·Business Operations
Crusoe3mo
Production Manager
Ponchatoula, LA - US·Business Operations
Shield AI3mo
Senior Manager, Quality – Development Programs (R5315)
Dallas, Texas·Business Operations
Shield AI4mo
Manager, Quality (R5120)
Dallas, Texas·Business Operations
Crusoe4mo
CNC Operator
Arvada, CO - US·Business Operations
Shield AI4mo
Director of Production (R4782)
Dallas, Texas·Business Operations
Shield AI6mo
Staff Engineer, Quality (R5512)
Dallas, Texas·Business Operations
Crusoe6mo
Journeyman Electrician - Field Services
Remote - US·Business Operations