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Salary: USD 86,000 - 112,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming military capabilities through advanced autonomous systems, AI, and computer vision. The company is fielding next-generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for seabed exploration, with ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platforms and flexible manufacturing architectures.
You will join the Quonset, RI team as a Product Quality Engineer focused on AUV integration. This is a hands-on role partnering across product development, production, and field operations to define, develop, and execute quality processes that meet AS9100 customer requirements and scale into the new facility.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner with manufacturing engineering, production, and development engineers to support quality of the integration process for underwater sensors, PCBAs, cables, wiring harnesses, actuators, machined parts, and structures. Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Work cross-functionally to define and execute product build and inspection requirements meeting customer quality specifications.
- Lead the non-conformance review (NCR) process for vehicle integration, identifying defects and flaws in vehicle and subsystem assembly, implementing corrective actions, and supporting coordinate systems and interfaces for system integration.
- Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) processes for integration, manage incident systems and Material Review Board (MRB) activities, owning containments for prototype and production builds.
- Support incoming inspection processes and integration quality documentation, planning, and metrics for effectiveness.
This role focuses on building world-class quality processes for complex AUV systems. You will be dynamic, hands-on with engineering and production, and accountable for results.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar technical field
- 2+ years of experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in complex assembly and production processes
- Working knowledge of quality management in defense or other highly regulated environments (AS9100, etc.)
- Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization
- Experience partnering with Manufacturing Engineering, chief engineers, development engineers, and customer-facing teams to deliver to customer requirements
- Working knowledge of product development methodologies: FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements including 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
- Previous experience with PLM and MES systems
- Analytical skills for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc.)
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2+ years 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
- Familiarity with Manufacturing Readiness Levels
