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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Lead Quality Systems Engineer to own the end-to-end AS9100 quality management system across the Maritime Division. The Maritime Division operates multiple sites and business lines producing advanced undersea systems for national defense. As the division scales from a single-product facility to a multi-site, multi-business-line operation, this role serves as the connective tissue keeping quality systems aligned across every site, product line, and certification boundary.
You will be responsible for AS9100 certification ownership, including all documentation, internal audit programs, corrective action tracking, and management review processes. A core challenge is designing and maintaining a QMS architecture that accommodates multiple manufacturing sites operating under a single or coordinated AS9100 certification scope, addressing the complexity when product lines span multiple facilities and business lines share a single site.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the Maritime Division's AS9100 QMS and ensuring audit readiness across all sites
- Designing multi-site QMS architecture to support expansion of product lines and manufacturing sites
- Serving as primary point of contact for third-party certification body audits, customer audits, and regulatory reviews
- Establishing standardized quality processes and procedures across all division manufacturing sites
- Continuously assessing QMS gaps and certification risks as new product lines and sites come online
- Owning the division-wide CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) process
- Building quality awareness and delivering training programs across the Maritime Division
- Working across Corporate Quality, site leadership, production teams, and business line leads to integrate QMS requirements into operational planning
This role requires deep expertise in AS9100 and aerospace quality systems, experience managing multi-site certification scopes, and the ability to work across organizational boundaries. You must see the big picture of a quality system while managing the granular documentation and process discipline required to pass rigorous third-party audits.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of experience in quality management within aerospace, defense, or government-contract manufacturing
- Direct experience managing or significantly contributing to AS9100 certification and surveillance audits
- Demonstrated experience with multi-site or multi-scope quality management systems
- Strong knowledge of CAPA processes, internal auditing, and management review requirements under AS9100
- Effective communicator who can work across organizational boundaries and present to leadership
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- AS9100 Lead Auditor certification (e.g., through Exemplar Global, RABQSA, or equivalent)
- Experience in a scaling or startup manufacturing environment where QMS processes were being built or significantly expanded
- Familiarity with other aerospace/defense quality standards (AS13100, NADCAP, ISO 9001, ITAR/EAR compliance as it relates to quality documentation)
- Experience managing AS9100 scope expansions, including adding new sites or product lines to an existing certificate
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field
- Experience with ERP/MES systems and their integration with quality management processes
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification or experience
