Quality Manager – Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing
Snelling Staffing DFW
Arlington, TX · $75k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Where Arlington, TX ranks
Where Arlington, TX placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Southwest23% · of 43
- #3Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Southwest11% · of 39
- #7Best college towns for junior jobs in the Southwest36% · of 32
- #7Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Southwest12% · of 44
- #9Best cities for junior jobs in Texas35% · of 31
- #9Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Southwest6 conferences · of 16
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $75,000 a year. Across 66 open quality manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $103,000 to $140,000 and the median is $117,000. That is 36% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
An established aerospace and defense manufacturer in Arlington, TX is hiring a Quality Manager to take ownership of its quality program. This role is a great fit for a Quality Supervisor, Quality Lead