Product Quality Engineer, Core Tech

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Hardware Engineering : Quality Engineering : Product Quality Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Product Quality Engineer for their Core Tech products. The role involves defining, developing, and executing processes to ensure high quality and reliability of incoming components, subsystems, and end-products. Responsibilities include root cause analysis, supplier quality communication, driving quality controls, developing metrics, and implementing manufacturing requirements and quality standards. The role also involves cross-functional leadership in design and manufacturing, designing experiments, and executing tests for improvements. Experience with statistical process control, AS9102, and PPAP is required, along with a strong ownership mindset and analytical skills for data mining and statistical analysis. A TS/SCI security clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own quality of incoming components, subsystems, and the end-product assembly from early design phase to the end of production.
  2. Responsible for root cause analysis and associated characterization/sensitivity test development.
  3. Communicate with supplier quality partners to ensure root cause and corrective action is completed through the supply base.
  4. Drive quality controls and assurance throughout production phases; develop metrics to uphold the highest level of first pass yield and continuous scrap reduction.
  5. Develop and implement manufacturing requirements, quality standards, and product quality plans per category of component (castings, forgings, machined parts).

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
  • Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware.
  • Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, avionics and systems integration.
  • 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), Key Characteristics, Frozen Processes, Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA).
  • Working knowledge of electrical manufacturing processes.
  • 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 able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • 5-7 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers.
  • Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
  • Experience with IPC standards
  • Experience with government contracts and mil standard requirements
  • Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, Jira, Tableau, and Altium (or other PCBA and harness design software)

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance