Quality Engineer - Production

Fuse Integration; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

11 paid Federal Holidays

PTO

401k with employer matching

Annual bonuses

Cell phone reimbursement

Job summary

Fuse Integration is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our San Diego team. You will provide daily quality support to production, monitor processes, and lead investigations into defects and nonconformances.

You will coordinate MRB activities and drive supplier quality improvements, inspection/control plans, and internal audits. The role requires 3–5 years in quality engineering in an assembly environment, strong GD&T knowledge, and the ability to obtain an active security clearance.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in quality engineering or tech in an assembly environment.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and GD&T tolerancing.
• Experience generating quality reports and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily quality engineering support to production and manufacturing teams.
• Monitor production processes to ensure compliance with specs and work instructions.
• Investigate nonconformances, containment, and root cause analysis.
• Support MRB activities and disposition of nonconforming material.
• Assist with supplier quality issues, SCARs, and corrective actions.
• Support inspection plans, control plans, process controls, and sampling plans.
• Participate in internal QMS and process audits and close findings.
• Ensure quality records are complete, traceable, and compliant with QMS/AS9100.

Skills

Quality engineering

Reading drawings & GD&T

Data collection & reporting

Nonconformance investigation

Supplier quality

Communication across teams

Ability to obtain clearance

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or HS diploma with relevant experience

Tools

AS9100/ISO quality systems

Job description

Introduction to Fuse:

Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a Technology firm creating in-house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user-focused communications, networks, and software systems.

About this role:

Fuse is looking for a dynamic, detail-oriented Quality Engineer to join our energetic and growing team! This is an opportunity to work closely with Quality Management providing reliable reports and process improvement recommendations to monitor and improve overall product quality. In this role, you will support the company’s full business quality management system and production team. Fuse is an innovative, design-driven environment that delivers elegant engineering solutions.

Must be a nimble self-starter who is excited about technology and has the ability to think out of the box and suggest powerful new ideas. Fuse values a creative and dynamic work environment – if this sounds good to you, then we are looking forward to hearing from you!

What you'll do:

• 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.

We are looking for:

• 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 and interpreting technical information to include GD&T tolerancing
• Experience with collecting data for generating quality reports
• Strong attention to detail, good organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize in changing situations
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across departments and with supervisors and managers
• Active secret clearance or ability to obtain a clearance
• US Citizen

Your own unique talents! If you meet some requirements of this position but not 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d be a great fit for this role based on your specific characteristics that align with our values and goals

Nice to have:

• Understanding of electronic circuitry
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics ERP
• ASQ Certification (Engineer or Auditor)
• Experience with ISO 9001 and AS9100

Salary Range:

$85,000 - $105,000

More about Fuse:

Founded in 2010, Fuse is a veteran-owned, rapidly growing small business. Our San Diego-based company has earned recognition as an emerging leader in airborne, maritime, and ground networking. Placing the warfighter at the center of every design process, Fuse delivers intuitive, agile, and resilient products that go beyond national security requirements - providing lasting utility and game‑changing results. We take pride in our brilliant and talented team as well as our dynamic environment and collaborative, creative, environment. We build cutting‑edge hardware and software products that solve complex national security challenges for our warfighters at the tactical edge.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well
• 11 paid Federal Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Date of hire through second year: 10 days/year (accrued)
  • After two years: unlimited
• 40 hours of paid sick leave per year
• 401k with employer matching
• Annual bonuses
• Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month