Quality Engineering Manager

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Oak Ridge, TN, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Energy • Manufacturing • Renewable Energy
The Role
Lead a team of quality engineers to define and execute quality strategy across design through production for centrifuge components. Drive APQP, process capability, measurement systems, root-cause investigations, and cross-functional collaboration with Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to prevent defects and ensure regulatory compliance.
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Summary
We’re looking for a Quality Engineering Manager who is ready to lead a high‑caliber team and shape the future of our manufacturing and product quality. In this role, you will champion proactive quality engineering practices that prevent defects, strengthen process capability, and ensure our products meet the highest technical and regulatory standards. You’ll guide quality oversight from early design through full‑rate production—helping ensure our centrifuge components and processes are robust, efficient, and ready for release.

If you enjoy building strong engineering systems, developing talent, and driving continuous improvement, this is a role where your impact will truly be felt.

What You’ll Do

You’ll guide a high-performing team of quality engineers and play a key role in ensuring our products and processes are built for excellence. In this role, you’ll shape quality strategy, strengthen manufacturing capability, and drive improvement across the full product lifecycle. You’ll lead APQP efforts, champion robust processes and measurement systems, oversee root-cause investigations, and use data to elevate performance. You’ll partner closely with Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure requirements are met, risks are mitigated, and quality expectations are consistently exceeded.

We’d Love to Hear from Candidates with
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE/NRC Q Clearance within one year of hire
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical sciences, or a similar technical discipline
• Four years of nuclear (ASME NQA‑1) experience
• Experience with advanced problem-solving, process improvement, and supporting design and manufacturing engineering interfaces

A Successful Candidate Also Brings
• Master’s degree in engineering, physical sciences, or similar field
• Ten years of total Quality experience, including at least four years in nuclear applications

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

This position will require a pre­-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

Centrus Energy and all subsidiaries shall abide by the applicable legal requirements. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

This position requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain a Q security clearance.  Candidates for positions requiring a security clearance are required to be tested for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR 707.4 prior to an offer of employment being made.  In addition, once employed, employees will become part of a random drug testing program and may also be tested in the event of any incident causing injury or causing damage to property, or if it is determined that there is a reasonable suspicion the employee is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  This position will require preemployment background check on the part of the Company and in order to receive a Q security clearance, a background investigation by the Federal government.  Subsequent Federal government reinvestigations may be required.

Centrus Energy Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Skills Required

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE/NRC Q security clearance within one year of hire
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, or a similar technical discipline
  • Four years of nuclear experience (ASME NQA-1)
  • Experience with advanced problem-solving, process improvement, and supporting design and manufacturing engineering interfaces
  • Pre-employment background check and pre-employment drug test
  • Verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States
  • Master's degree in engineering, physical sciences, or similar field
  • Ten years of total Quality experience, including at least four years in nuclear applications
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The Company
HQ: Bethesda, Maryland
684 Employees

What We Do

Centrus Energy is a trusted American supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry, helping meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon-free energy. Since 1998, the Company has provided its utility customers with more than 1,850 reactor years of fuel, which is equivalent to more than 7 billion tons of coal. With world-class technical and engineering capabilities, Centrus is pioneering production of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium and is leading the effort to restore America’s uranium enrichment capabilities at scale so that we can meet our clean energy, energy security, and national security needs. Find out more at CentrusEnergy.com.

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