Quality Engineer, Aerospace & Maritime Systems

TILT Autonomy; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ICHRA health benefit

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

TILT Autonomy, Inc. in Annapolis, MD, is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to own the first article inspections, define conforming criteria, and partner with contract manufacturers to build a reliable, auditable quality system.

You will implement AS9100-aligned processes, manage nonconformances, and ensure records are audit-ready for government customers while staying close to hardware in our Annapolis shop and supplier network.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in quality engineering in aerospace, defense, medical device, or another regulated hardware environment.
• Hands-on first-article inspection and nonconformance disposition.
• Fluent in engineering drawings and GD&T; comfortable with measurement and what it costs.
• You can write a procedure someone else can follow, and will go run it yourself.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.

Responsibilities

• Define what "conforming" means for each assembly, and the inspection that proves it.
• Own first-article inspection with our contract manufacturers.
• Build acceptance test procedures with the test and manufacturing side so the ATP is something a technician can run, not an engineer's judgment call.
• Run the nonconformance process: disposition, root cause, corrective action, and the follow-up that confirms the fix held.
• Decide use-as-is, rework, or scrap — and be able to show why.
• Assess and monitor the shops that build for us.
• Own incoming inspection and the supplier corrective action loop.
• Stand up a quality management system that is proportionate to a company our size — AS9100-aligned, genuinely followed, not a binder nobody opens.
• Keep records audit-ready for government customers.
• Feed what you learn back into design, so recurring defects get engineered out.

Skills

Quality engineering experience

First-article inspection

GD&T drawings

Procedural writing

Citizenship status

Job description

TILT Autonomy, Inc. in Annapolis, MD, is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to own the first article inspections, define conforming criteria, and partner with contract manufacturers to build a reliable, auditable quality system.

You will implement AS9100-aligned processes, manage nonconformances, and ensure records are audit-ready for government customers while staying close to hardware in our Annapolis shop and supplier network.