Product Quality Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Atlanta, GA · Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Product Quality Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of their Launched Effects products. This role involves driving quality processes throughout product development, collaborating with design engineers, owning risk elimination, leading root cause analysis, and supporting the Quality Management System. The engineer will also create quality metrics and prepare for customer audits. The role requires experience in engineering, manufacturing, or quality within aerospace or related systems, knowledge of product development methodologies like FMEA and APQP, and strong analytical skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive quality processes throughout the product development stages with the Launched Effects engineering team through design reviews, process development, testing, and qualification of propulsion products. Utilize the product maturity frame work to build a quality plan with partner organizations and deliver to the program schedule and performance expectations.
  2. Collaborate with Launched Effects design engineers to ensure manufacturability and reliability. Champion quality planning and execution to customer design requirements and system integration - design, develop, and implement customer quality tools, processes, and procedures with partner organizations.
  3. Own the elimination of product and process risk to improve quality & reliability across the product lifecycle. Utilize audits, readiness reviews, and training & documentation to ensure compliance.
  4. Work cross-functionally to define and execute the product roadmap and delivery schedule of Atlius and supporting systems. Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and project meetings
  5. Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities. Review the effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team. Investigate failures, anomalies, and non-conformities.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
  • Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace or related systems.
  • Working knowledge of design review and quality management of 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.
  • Experience partnering with Reliability Engineering, chief engineers, architects, and customer facing team members to deliver to customer requirements.
  • Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
  • Application of industry standards and best practices
  • A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion.
  • Analytical skills and experiences for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc)
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Nice to have

  • Experience in aerospace, defense, or UAV new product integration.
  • 5-7 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complex 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 commonly applied to quality requirements for aerial vehicles.
  • Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, Foundry, and manufacturing execution systems

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities