Specialist, Quality Engineering

Narda-MITEQ is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. Narda-MITEQ provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Narda-MITEQ designs and manufactures an extensive range of standard active and passive components, as well as custom subsystems and integrated microwave assemblies to meet the requirements found on land, sea, air and the harsh environment of space. Our global customers rely on our deep technical expertise and innovation grounded in 70 years of experience to help them meet the challenges of their next‑generation military and commercial applications.

The Specialist, Quality Engineering is a critical role in our organization, responsible for supporting Narda-MITEQ’s Quality Management System (QMS), driving improvements, and maintaining compliance throughout the organization. As an AS9100 accredited organization, Quality has extensive visibility and prominence at Narda-MITEQ. The successful candidate must be self‑motivated, detail oriented, a team player, and capable of working closely with Production, Quality, Sales, Customer Service, and Engineering in meeting Narda-MITEQ’s customer commitments.

• Work with the Operations, Inspection, Manufacturing Engineering and Supply Chain to address issues daily.
• Be data driven to assess processes, take measurements, and interpret data to facilitate continuous improvement in manufacturing operations.
• Report to the Quality Manager on quality issues, metrics, and/or trends to support Management Reviews and improvement initiatives.
• Identify RCCA for nonconformances and customer complaints.
• Investigate the cause for discrepancies and nonconformities to develop disposition and recommend corrective action plans.
• Execute assigned Failure Reports, CARs, SCARs and Customer Complaints, leveraging help from other functions; drive root cause analysis to ensure permanent fixes.
• Serve as guide for external third-party audits, complete FAI reports and support customer source inspection as needed.
• Serve as the primary interface to customers and suppliers for quality related matters.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drive supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving supplier corrective actions.
• Answer questions and provide direction to employees on quality related topics.
• Execute AS9100 compliance activities (internal and external audits, training).
• Conduct internal audits and work cross‑functionally to resolve any findings through corrective actions.
• Familiar with dimensional measuring equipment (OGP, handheld measuring devices, etc.).
• Coordinate Material Review Board (MRB).

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience, or an associate’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Previous experience working in an AS9100 environment.
• Working knowledge of microelectronics products.
• Working knowledge of mechanical blueprints & tolerances.
• Technical expertise in aerospace engineering principles, attention to detail, and excellent problem‑solving skills.

• Experience with failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS).
• Experience building an AS system.
• Six Sigma / DMAIC problem‑solving knowledge.
• Previous experience with AS9102 First Article Inspections.
• Familiar with industry standards such as Mil Specs 883, IPC‑A‑610 and J‑STD‑001.
• Familiar with interpreting customer contract flow down.
• Experience with government projects, working with DLA/DCMA on onsite audits.

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