Product Quality Engineer, Roadrunner

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Ashville, OH · Manufacturing : Manufacturing

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company developing advanced military systems, including the Roadrunner counter-UAS interceptor. This Product Quality Engineer role focuses on ensuring the quality and reliability of the Roadrunner product throughout its lifecycle, from concept to manufacturing and field use. The role involves implementing quality processes, driving root cause analysis for issues, championing the transition to high-rate manufacturing, and eliminating product risk. It requires experience in engineering, manufacturing, or quality within aerospace/defense or similar hardware, with knowledge of various product development methodologies and tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive product improvement for Road Runner by implementing processes for data collection and incident reporting that will inform activities like detailed design reviews, process development, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assy, and the vehicle, itself.
  2. Drive clarity & resolution for development ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting it’s quality & reliability goals for volume production.
  3. Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities for field and reliability issues. Review the effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
  4. Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process and supply chain.
  5. Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
  • Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware.
  • Experience leading root cause corrective action (RCCA) efforts for complex problems and issues. Utilizing tools such as 8D, Lean six sigma, Fault tree analysis, and DMAIC methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites, propulsion systems, and lethality systems.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • U.S. Citizen Required

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • 2-5 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers.
  • Working knowledge of AS

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Citizen Required