{"id":818567,"url":"https://alion.io/job/vatnsystems-quality-engineer","title":"Quality Engineer","company":{"id":720699,"name":"Vatn","domain":"vatn.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/vatn-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":8,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":70000,"max_usd":165000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":13313},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-29T13:54:07Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-15T04:31:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":77,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":77},"description":"The Quality Engineer is responsible for owning the fundamentals of the Quality Management System across our S6 and S12 product lines. Translates technical input from manufacturing, suppliers, and customers into root-caused corrective action, contract-compliant documentation, and closed-loop DFM feedback to design engineering. Beyond day-to-day quality engineering, this role builds and strengthens the QMS processes, tooling, and supplier quality practices that keep both product lines audit-ready as they scale from prototype to production.\nRequired Skill\nSolid understanding of quality management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100) and root cause problem-solving processes\nAbility to apply engineering/technical knowledge to quality decisions\nAbility to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and customer/contract specifications\nWorking knowledge of AS9102 and familiarity with CMM inspection data\nSome experience with supplier quality, including audits and corrective action, and comfort splitting that work with others as the team grows\nAbility to work cross-functionally between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and customers\nStrong verbal and written communication skills\nU.S. Person status required\nB.S. degree or higher in an engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience\nPreferred Skills\nExperience in start-up environments\nExperience with unmanned/autonomous systems, subsea, or robotics\nASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification\nExperience standing up a QMS at an early-stage or scaling company\nFamiliarity with statistical process control (SPC)\nVatn Systems is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to reviewing your application and potentially having you join our team in shaping the future of autonomous underwater vehicles.","description_format":"text","description_chars":1837,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Naval Systems","Underwater & Marine Robotics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T12:11:28Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":10,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.357,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":77,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/vatnsystems-quality-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/vatnsystems-quality-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T07:36:01Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11329,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":720699},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=720699"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvatnsystems-quality-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvatnsystems-quality-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvatnsystems-quality-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/vatnsystems-quality-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvatnsystems-quality-engineer"}]}