Senior Aerospace, Defense, Government (ADG) Quality Management System Engineer
- Pay
- $149,100 – $215,900 per year
- Location
- San Jose, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Director
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 21 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- AS9100
- ITAR/DFARS export controls
- QML/MIL-PRF-38535 conformance
Also useful
- ISO 9001
- IATF 16949
- DO-254
- DO-178C
- AS5553
- CMMC
- ASQ CQE
- Six Sigma Black Belt
About the Role
The Senior ADG Quality Management System Engineer is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and continuously improving the Quality Management System (QMS), compliance framework, and product assurance processes required to support Aerospace, Defense, and Government (ADG) market segments for Altera.
This role serves as the quality and compliance authority for ADG programs, ensuring adherence to applicable regulatory, contractual, and industry standards and ADG customer-specific requirements. The position requires deep knowledge of ADG standards and compliance framework and experience with practical approach in implementing and ensure compliance for fabless semiconductor model.
The individual will partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, Legal, Security, and 3rd party service providers to ensure end-to-end compliance across product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive companywide standards and certification requirements for ADG
- Lead AS9100 certification and QML/MIL-PRF-38535 conformance of Altera organization worldwide
- Establish and implement defense-specific risk management, traceability, configuration management and governance processes, aligning to ADG requirements.
- Review contracts with business acumen mindset, focusing on quality and regulatory clauses, organizational standards conformance and ensure effective flow-down.
- Support export compliance and controlled data handling in partnership with Legal/Compliance.
- Integrate ADG requirements into product lifecycle, design reviews, verification/validation, change management, and failure analysis.
- Drive establishment of KPI / matrix to measure readiness and maturity towards ADG compliance across organizations
- Support internal audits, 3rd party accreditation audits and customer / government approval audits
Salary Range
The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
$149,100K - $215,900 USD
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics or related field) with minimum 10 years of working experience in semiconductor industry, aerospace / defense quality system
- In depth knowledge of AS9100, ISO9001, IATF16949 and QML/MIL-PRF-38535
- Working knowledge in DFAR/ITAR/EAR export controls, Trusted Foundry programs, AS5553, CMMC, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, Secure FPGA flows, Anti-Tamper, ANSI/ESDA S20.20, ISO17025, DO-254, DO-178C
- Experience in leading quality management system internal and external audits (3rd party certification body, customers, vendors).
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven track record enabling ADG QMS, compliance and certification in semiconductor environment.
- Experience as ISO9001 or AS9100 or IATF16949 Lead Auditor (internal / external)
- Experience in FPGA or complex SoC product environments.
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent.
- Experience in collaborating directly with Tier 1 ADG suppliers
- Job Type: Regular
- Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
- Primary Location: San Jose, California, United States
About Altera
At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
From Altera's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 20, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Senior Aerospace, Defense, Government (ADG) Quality Management System Engineer posting at Altera states compensation of $149,100 – $215,900 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Altera's official career site.
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