[3][5][6] Since November 2021 Vittadini has served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the aircraft engine and power systems company Rolls-Royce Holdings.

[5] In 2002, she joined Airbus Operations in Germany, where she occupied several senior management positions,[11] amongst others Chief Engineer on the Wing High Lift Devices of the A380.

[19] Rolls-Royce notably explores the possibilities for further efficiency gains in current and future generations of gas turbine technologies,[20] and in the longer term, hydrogen[21] and electrical propulsion.

[23][24][25] Amongst her additional roles, Vittadini served as director of the Airbus Foundation Board and as a member of the Inclusion and Diversity Steering Committee.

In addition, she is a member of the Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and serves as advisor to the German Centre for Mobility of the Future (DZM) and the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano (DAER).