# Sr. Manager, Quality

Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for critical defense, aerospace, automotive, and industrial applications. We are building a team committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence, and Integrity. The Senior Manager, Quality will build and lead the Quality organization for Vulcan Elements' Benson manufacturing facility. This leader will establish the plant Quality Management System, lead ISO 9001 certification, stand up the analytical laboratory and production quality capabilities, and ensure Benson is prepared to qualify and release commercial product. The role spans the complete value stream-from incoming materials and metallurgical processing through machining, coating, magnetic characterization, dimensional inspection, and finished-product release. The Senior Manager will work closely with R&D, the pilot facility, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and customers to transfer product and process knowledge into capable, repeatable commercial quality controls. This role begins in Durham, NC and is expected to move to Benson, NC upon completion of new facility. Responsibilities Build and lead the Benson Quality organization, inclu

- **Id**: 1264870
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vulcan-elements-sr-manager-quality>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Durham, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-25T18:15:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:03:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 48
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6640
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advanced Materials, Metals & Metallurgy, Rare Earth Metals

## Company

- **Id**: 8041
- **Name**: Vulcan Elements
- **Domain**: vulcanelements.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vulcanelements>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 71
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 86000
- **Max usd**: 162000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 6333

## Technologies

- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no
- **AS9100** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 48

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T22:07:47Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 74
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.823
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 47
- **Expected fill days**: 71
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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