Manager, Quality

What we’re building

The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumers to develop and harden our core technology. We’re now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we’re extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.

The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it

Who we’re looking for

As Arc’s Manager, Quality , you will own quality across Arc’s products, factory, and supply base—leading our quality team, developing the Quality Management System, and partnering with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Service to improve product quality from design through delivery.

We're looking for someone fired up by the mission and ready to build. You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, and care about the details.

This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.

What You'll Do

• Building and owning Arc’s Quality Management System, including document control, non-conformance, corrective actions, audits

• Leading and developing Arc’s team of quality engineers and inspectors, setting clear standards and scaling the organization alongside production

• Defining and improving key quality metrics, including first-pass yield, defect escapes, rework, cost of poor quality, and supplier performance

• Driving root-cause investigations and corrective actions across Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, suppliers, and field issues

• Establishing inspection and acceptance strategies across incoming material, production processes, and completed vessels

• Building Arc’s supplier-quality system, including qualification, first-article inspection, supplier scorecards, audits, and corrective actions

• Embedding quality upstream through PFMEAs, control plans, design reviews, production-readiness reviews, and new-product introduction

• Preparing Arc for the customer, regulatory, commercial, and defense quality requirements associated with future programs

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field

• 6+ years in quality within a hardware manufacturing environment, including 2+ years directly managing a team

• Demonstrated experience building or substantially rebuilding a Quality Management System, not only operating inside one someone else created

• Working command of core quality methodology — root cause analysis, CAPA, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, or MSA

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, including GD&T

• Track record of driving cross-functional change in a production environment where quality competes with schedule

• Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as production demands

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience taking an organization through ISO 9001 certification, or equivalent experience with AS9100 or IATF 16949

• Background in composites — carbon fiber and fiberglass — or in high-voltage electrical systems

• Experience in marine, automotive, aerospace, or another regulated, safety-critical hardware industry

• Supplier quality experience, including on-site supplier development and audits

• Familiarity with quality management software and PLM/ERP systems

• ASQ certification (CQE, CQM/OE, or CQA)

• Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace

• Enthusiasm for boating and the water

At Arc, we encourage diversity and consider all qualified applicants equally for employment, regardless of background, identity, or status. You’re always welcome to reach out even if you don’t meet many of these qualifications. Passion and aptitude make up for a lot.

What we offer

The base salary for this role is $165,000 annually.

Highly competitive equity grants are included with full time offers. As well as semi-annual bonuses tied to your impact, not just your tenure.Additionally, Arc offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Healthcare benefits — 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision

• Parental leave — 14 weeks fully paid for birthing and non-birthing parents

• Generous time off — Highly competitive PTO with an opportunity to earn more time with tenure

• Income protection — Life and disability insurance for all employees

• Retirement savings — Traditional and Roth 401(k) access

• Water fund — $500 for you to spend each year to get out on the water, however you choose

• Professional development — $500 annual reimbursement for professional development and a monthly AI stipend

• Safety Support- Annual reimbursement for PPE, ergonomic equipment and anything that ensures we keep our crew safe

• Captain training — Training and access to take Arcboats out with friends and family

• Office perks — Daily lunches, snacks, and good coffee while onsite

• Relocation assistance — Available depending on role eligibility.

Our values

We move with urgency and build with care. We value these five things above all else:

• Ownership over both your work and the company’s success

• Empathy for colleagues and for customers

• Humility in problem solving and collaboration

• Pragmatism for navigating ambiguity quickly and sensibly

• Inclusion of different backgrounds, opinions, cultures, and perspectives.

We want people who share and embody these values. It is vital that our values align - we’d be happy to elaborate on any or all of these during the interview process.