Quality Manager

Who we are:

Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.

Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.

The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.

With Glydways , we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.

Role Overview:

The Quality Manager reports to the SVP of Safety, Quality and Compliance and is a key member of the Safety, Quality and Compliance (SQC) organization. This role works at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, operations, and safety, providing independent quality oversight across the full product lifecycle. The Quality Manager partners closely with hardware and software engineering, systems engineering, test operations, and program management to embed a culture of quality discipline and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
About the Role:

We're looking for a Quality Manager to lead Glydways ’ progression toward ISO 9001 certification, including system readiness, audit preparedness, and registrar engagement.

This role goes beyond documentation, you will define how the organization plans, controls, assures, and improves quality across all functions. This role enables and governs the Quality Management System but does not replace accountability of other departments for quality performance, policy, and strategic direction.

While you are comfortable operating in an environment where systems and processes are being defined and matured, not inherited, you will support the Glydways Quality Management System (QMS), drive its implementation and continual improvement, lead the internal audit program, manage corrective and preventive actions, enforce formal design review gates, and ensure that configuration management practices provide full traceability and auditability. You will prepare the organization for management reviews by compiling quality performance data, audit results, and improvement action status.

As Glydways transitions toward pilot deployments and revenue service, your work will directly determine whether our products meet the rigorous safety and quality standards that public transit demands. You will ensure that what we build is safe, reliable, and worthy of public trust.

The role requires periodic travel to supplier sites, partner facilities, and pilot project locations across the US. International travel may be required to support supplier quality audits and assessments.
Responsibilities:

QMS : Support implementation and continuous improvement of the Glydways Quality Management System in support of ISO 9001:2015 certification readiness, including authoring and maintaining quality policies, procedures, work instructions, and process maps.

Supplier Quality Assurance : Define and maintain supplier quality requirements, including quality clauses for purchase orders and supplier agreements. Ensure quality requirements are appropriately flowed down through contracts, specifications, and supplier agreements. Establish incoming inspection criteria and acceptance procedures. Conduct or coordinate supplier audits and assessments, manage supplier corrective actions, and maintain a supplier quality scorecard.

Quality Control : Define and oversee implementation of quality control checkpoints for vehicl