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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology, AI, autonomy, and computer vision. The Tactical Reconnaissance & Strike (TRS) team focuses on loitering munitions and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) products.
As Manager of Product Quality Engineering, you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists responsible for defining, developing, and executing processes that deliver high-quality, reliable products. Your leadership will directly impact how Anduril delivers production quality and sustaining support for a portfolio of intelligence systems products.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Test, and Supply Chain leadership to execute the Product Development Process (PDP) and meet gate readiness review criteria (CDR, BRR, MRR/PRR) from prototype testing through full-rate production.
- Lead and manage a team to champion continuous improvement and failure mode elimination in development and production phases, driving part and system-level quality readiness for production scaling.
- Own supplier quality engineering resources, tracking supplier quality control and development programs, part qualification, and risk management.
- Own and lead the Quality Control process, framework, and execution from detailed engineering requirements through inspection methods and tooling, collaborating with systems design partners.
- Set daily and weekly priorities for quality teams and establish a culture of best-in-class product quality through adoption of quality tools and processes.
- Drive production readiness through design reviews, process development, verification/validation, and qualification of processes, parts, sub-assemblies, and system deployments.
- Drive clarity and resolution for performance ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance.
- Own elimination of product risk by reducing process contribution to quality and reliability across the product lifecycle.
- Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Non-Conformance Reviews (NCRs), Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and Material Review Board (MRB) activities.
- Lead cross-functional alignment within Corrective Action Board (CAB) activities to drive ownership of quality issue investigations and resolutions.
- Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities, establishing metrics for measuring quality and factors that predict quality performance.
- Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System, defining and improving required documentation and activities.
- Develop strategies and resource plans with heads of production, program management, deployments, sourcing, and chief engineers to meet customer and product requirements.
You will build partnerships across production, manufacturing engineering, program management, deployments, sourcing, and multiple engineering teams. The ideal candidate has knowledge of manufacturing, product development, sub-system performance criteria, metrology, and leadership experience to contribute to Anduril's national security mission.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical engineering discipline
- Minimum 5+ years of experience leading organizations including teams of direct report engineers to address NPI and production execution and quality issues that impact delivery or product quality to customers
- Minimum total of 10+ combined years of experience working in technical/engineering disciplines related to product quality/engineering as an individual contributor engineer or working engineering manager
- Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power/battery systems, radar, vision systems/optical image capture, networking/communication protocols, and remote management systems
- Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization, leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage
- Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Inspection & measurement systems, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements including Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Working knowledge of precision mechanicals, composites, motors, and/or PCBA and cable harnessing manufacturing processes
- Ability to read and drive clarity for technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and SOWs used to describe quality requirements
- Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution systems, Configuration Management, and Document Control/Data Management
- Extreme ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion
- Analytical skills and experience for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc.)
- Eligible to obtain and/or maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (clearance not required to start)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in a technical engineering discipline
- Contractual knowledge in ITAR and EAR applications regarding product technicalities
- Experience in design/integration/test of sensors/cameras/gimbals
- Experience recruiting, hiring, and developing a team of engineers and specialists
- 8+ years of experience with developing quality systems for high volume, high complexity manufacturing environments
- Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements
- Experience with IPC standards, mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation programs
- Experience with government contracts and military standard requirements
- Experience with Teamcenter/PLM, Oracle, Warehouse management, Non-Conformance management systems, and Atlassian work stream tools
