Quality Assurance Manager
General Dynamics Information Technology
Gaithersburg, MD · $111k–$150k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Gaithersburg, MD ranks
Where Gaithersburg, MD placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Mid-Atlantic30% · of 85
- #3Best cities for director and executive jobs41% · of 100
- #3Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Mid-Atlantic41% · of 85
- #8Best cities for AI-skill jobs30% · of 100
- #19Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs82 openings · of 41
- #21Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Mid-Atlantic1.1% · of 84
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 $130,000 a year. Across 175 open quality assurance manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $110,000 to $152,500 and the median is $136,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 5% below the median.
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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.
General Dynamics Information Technology has filed 9 layoff notices in the last twelve months, covering 810 workers, most recently October 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Defect Triage, People Management, Test Automation, Test Plan Design Certifications: None... ...Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking candidates for a Quality Assurance (QA) Manager position on a new contract supporting the Food...