Senior Quality Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Ashville, OH · Air Dominance & Strike : Autonomous Airpower Engineering

Senior Quality Engineer for Anduril's Group 5 Autonomous Vehicle product, focusing on ensuring high quality standards throughout the product lifecycle, from design to production. Responsibilities include developing quality processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, implementing quality control plans, conducting audits, and leading root cause analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work closely with the design team to ensure that quality is built into the product from the outset.
  2. Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the product design and manufacturing processes for the overall vehicle,
  3. Collaborate with internal & external functions to define and execute processes that deliver reliable products. Direct quality engineers for direction and opportunities in sub-systems, processes, production, and supplier development areas.
  4. Develop and implement quality control plans and procedures for the Group 5 Autonomous Vehicle product.
  5. Conduct quality audits and inspections to identify and address any issues that arise during the product development process.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
  • Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality and production processes.
  • Experience in growing and developing teams and managing resources.
  • Working knowledge of design review and quality management of aviation systems, 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.
  • Knowledgeable of missile storage and maintenance processes.
  • 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)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret 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/ 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

  • ensure that our Group 5 Autonomous Vehicle product meets the highest quality standards
  • ensure that quality is built into the product from the outset
  • deliver reliable products
  • product quality and performance requirements
  • drive product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization
  • drive projects from start to completion