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Salary: USD 117,000 - 154,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to drive quality processes for missile programs. You will work across design, manufacturing, and customer teams to define and execute processes that deliver high-quality missile systems powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.
In this role, you will:
• Drive product development and production for missile programs using drawing reviews, quality planning, inspection, acceptance testing, verification, validation, and qualification of processes, parts, sub-assemblies, and complete vehicles.
• Drive clarity and resolution for production ambiguities related to product maturity, process stability, and field performance.
• Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to sustainable, predictable high-rate manufacturing, supply chain, and deployment support.
• Own elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure execution and continuous improvement of product and process requirements.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and inspection process performance. Review effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities. Establish metrics for measuring quality and predictive factors.
• Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System and required documentation.
• Develop overall quality plans (similar to APQP) for missile projects. Leverage resources and direct reports to deliver quality through the development cycle. Design and leverage Anduril QMS elements to build confidence and containment for customer quality expectations. Set expectations for qualification of internal and external manufacturing processes, including measurement methods, PPAP/FAI, inspection methods, test protocols, and acceptance test plans. Lead transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing.
• Matrix lead supplier quality engineers supporting design and development activities with suppliers for missile programs.
Note: Per Anduril's expansion plans, this role is anticipated to relocate to Long Beach, CA beginning late 2027.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar technical field
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on previous Missiles or high velocity vehicle systems
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management of missile systems, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites/control surfaces, propulsion systems, and lethality systems
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization; knowledgeable of missile storage and maintenance processes
• Experience partnering with Reliability Engineering, chief engineers, architects, manufacturing engineering, and customer-facing team members to deliver to customer requirements
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements (MSA), and GD&T
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes; application of industry standards and best practices
• Strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion
• Analytical skills and experience with data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc.)
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master's degree in a technical field
• 4+ years of experience developing quality systems for low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environments and suppliers; working knowledge of AS9100/AS6500/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements
• Experience with IPC standards and general workmanship standards
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements for aerial vehicles; experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, Foundry, and manufacturing execution systems
