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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Quality System Engineer to join the Quality organization in Costa Mesa, California. This role focuses on developing and implementing a world-class quality management system (QMS) and digitization efforts across Anduril's internal manufacturing sites, supplier sites, and Arsenal 1 facility.
You will lead the development, execution, and management of the QMS and its top-level processes, coordinating resources and prioritization for internal and external audits. A key responsibility is managing the QMS software implementation and adoption across all Anduril sites, working closely with business systems, product quality engineers, and manufacturing engineers to prepare new processes, digital tools, and sites to meet QMS requirements.
You will develop the internal QMS roadmap for tools and capabilities to support company scaling, meet customer needs, enable quality capabilities for new products, and scale quality processes as the organization grows. You'll become a systems expert for Anduril's quality tools, processes, and data sets, communicate with external audit agencies, support customer audits, and manage the internal auditor process while participating as an auditor yourself.
Additional responsibilities include identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities, supporting investigations and projects at team or organizational level, developing QMS training modules, facilitating training records, and driving root cause analysis and corrective actions from audit findings and customer visits.
This role requires extensive knowledge of QMS systems, data analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies. You should be someone who loves building world-class quality processes, works hands-on, helps others succeed on the quality journey, and is accountable for results. Travel up to 20% is expected.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing
- Expert knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in complex product environments, with expertise in one or more of: ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, AS9110C, AS9120B, AS6500, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 13485:2016, TL 9000 R6.3
- Working knowledge of QMS software solutions (Net Inspect, Siemens, SAP, ETQ, One Factory, MasterControl, Compliance Quest, Hexagon, PTC, QT9)
- Hands-on experience with data analytics platforms, reporting tools, and basic data visualization
- Demonstrated project management for software system implementation and onboarding suppliers and internal users
- Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other functions involved in company-wide audits
- Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Business Intelligence (BI) systems
- Strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion
- Proven track record of QMS implementation and success
- U.S. Person status required (access to export-controlled data)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Certification as an AS9100 aerospace auditor or lead auditor
- One or more American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, CQA
- Experience with low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing
- Experience with mergers and acquisitions, onboarding teams, and managing/supporting remote site QMS
