Manufacturing Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Engineer

Department: Quality

Location: On-Site – Jessup, MD FLSA: Salaried, Full-Time, Exempt

Reports To: East Coast Quality Manager

Travel: Negligible

Revision Date: August 2026

About Vitesse: How we communicate, capture, and share information has not changed significantly in our lifetime—it has changed significantly in the last decade, even in the last year. From a vacationer checking email as they fly across the world to a U.S. military service member sharing critical observations across the battlefield, the ability to capture and transfer data over different platforms is an important part both of our everyday lives and the security of our country. Whether on a geostationary satellite, a naval vessel, or a military jet, the mission-critical solutions that we design and manufacture at Vitesse make our country and our world safer.

Through extensive technical expertise, Vitesse Systems is optimizing the functionality of antenna and thermal management systems for the advancement of next-generation Radar, Electronic Warfare, and C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence) systems.

Vitesse Systems prides itself on the solutions we provide to our customers, as well as the incredible team of dedicated people we employ.

Summary: The Quality Engineer supports and continuously improves the effectiveness of the AS9100 Quality Management System. This role is responsible for driving root cause analysis, corrective actions, first article inspections, data analysis, and cross-functional quality improvement initiatives. The Quality Engineer works closely with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain while maintaining independence from production decision-making.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain compliance with AS9100 and applicable customer, regulatory, and contractual requirements
• Lead root cause analysis using structured methods (5-Why, Fishbone, fault tree, etc.)
• Manage corrective and preventive actions (CARs/SCARs) and verify effectiveness
• Support internal audits and external/customer audits as assigned
• Lead and/or review First Article Inspections (AS9102)
• Support nonconformance review and disposition processes
• Analyze quality data, trends, and KPIs to identify systemic issues
• Support risk identification and mitigation activities
• Support supplier performance monitoring and corrective actions
• Assist with customer quality issues, escapes, and complaints
• Support flowdown and verification of customer quality requirements
• Drive process improvements to reduce defects, rework, and cost of poor quality
• Collaborate cross-functionally to strengthen process controls and documentation
• Uphold the company core values
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Experience working in an AS9100 or ISO 9001 manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective action
• Experience with FAI / AS9102
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and quality requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Internal auditor experience or training
• Familiarity with inspection methods, GD&T, and measurement systems
• Experience supporting customer audits (e.g., primes, OEMs)

Education and/or Experience:

Applicant must have at least an Associate's Degree from an accredited technical program or equivalent, or an equivalent level of work experience combined with applicable education

3-5 years' experience in a quality role, a plus if in the aerospace or defense manufacturing space.

Language Skills: Ability to speak and understand basic safety and manufacturing instructions.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers. Ability to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Authorization to work in the United States. To conform to U.S. export control regulations, you should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand, walk, and hear. The Team Member frequently is required to use hands and fingers; handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms. The Team Member is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The Team Member must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environments characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the Team Member is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The Team Member may be exposed to a hot and/or cold work environment, chemicals, fumes or airborne particles, loud noises, risk of electrical shock and vibration and/or other occupational hazards; personal protective equipment may be required.

Note: This job description identifies the general nature and scope of work to be performed. Vitesse Systems, LLC. reserves the right to revise all or any part of this job description and to add or eliminate essential job functions at any time.

Vitesse Systems, LLC performs work controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These statutes require the protection of technical data and products. The regulations require that such data not be disclosed in written, oral, or visual form to any foreign national without prior export authorization from the Department of State. A foreign national is defined by the U.S. Government under EAR 734.2(b)(2)(ii) and 8 USC 110 (a)(20) as one who:

• Is not a United States citizen
• Is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.
• Does not have politically protected status (embassy, refugee, or asylum)
• Has dual U.S. / foreign citizenship

Veterans / Disabled Employer.