Quality Engineer - Aerospace & Defense QMS

Fuse Integration Inc.; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

11 paid Federal Holidays

PTO

401k with employer matching

Annual bonuses

Cell phone reimbursement

Job summary

Fuse Integration Inc. is seeking a dynamic Quality Engineer to join our production and QA teams, delivering reliable reports and process improvements to monitor and elevate product quality.

This role supports our full business quality management system and production operations in a fast-paced, design-driven environment. You will lead investigations, MRB activities, and supplier quality efforts, while implementing inspection plans and process controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or High school diploma with relevant experience.
• 3–5 years experience as a Quality Engineer or Technician in an assembly environment.
• Solid judgment to proactively identify and solve complex problems.
• Hands on experience with reading engineering drawings including GD&T tolerancing.
• Experience with collecting data for generating quality reports.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and prioritization in changing situations.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across departments and with supervisors.
• Active secret clearance or ability to obtain a clearance.
• US Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily quality engineering support to production and manufacturing teams, resolving quality issues and minimizing disruption to production schedules.
• Monitor production processes to ensure products meet engineering specifications, drawings, work instructions, and quality requirements.
• Investigate and disposition production nonconformances, defects, and material issues, including containment and root cause analysis.
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) activities and coordinate disposition of nonconforming material.
• Support supplier quality issues, including supplier rejections, incoming material nonconformances, SCARs, and supplier corrective actions.
• Support implementation of inspection plans, control plans, process controls, and sampling plans.
• Assist with process audits, product audits, and internal QMS audits, including identification and closure of audit findings.
• Ensure production quality records are accurate, complete, traceable, and maintained in accordance with QMS and AS9100/ISO requirements.
• Escalate significant quality issues and provide leadership with clear communication regarding production impact, containment status, root cause, and corrective‑action progress.

Skills

GD&T tolerancing

Reading drawings

Data analysis

Quality reporting

Cross-department communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High school diploma with relevant experience

ASQ Certification (Engineer or Auditor)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Job description

Fuse Integration Inc. is seeking a dynamic Quality Engineer to join our production and QA teams, delivering reliable reports and process improvements to monitor and elevate product quality.

This role supports our full business quality management system and production operations in a fast-paced, design-driven environment. You will lead investigations, MRB activities, and supplier quality efforts, while implementing inspection plans and process controls.