Staff Product Quality Engineer, Roadrunner

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

This role is for a Staff Product Quality Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company. The engineer will focus on the RoadRunner product, driving product improvement by implementing data collection and incident reporting processes. Responsibilities include leading Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities, championing the transition from NPI to sustainable product experience, eliminating product risk, ensuring product and process requirements, defining and executing the product roadmap, leading product health data analysis, and supporting the Quality Management System. The role requires experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware, and experience leading RCCA efforts. Knowledge of various product development methodologies and manufacturing processes is also required. The company mentions AI, autonomy, computer vision, and sensor fusion as core technologies, but the role itself is focused on quality engineering and process improvement for hardware products, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive product improvement for RoadRunner 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 product experience for our customers.
  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
  • 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)
  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • 10+ 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
  • Lean six sigma certification is preferred
  • Experience with government contracts and mil standard or other regulatory requirements
  • Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, Jira, Foundry, NetSuite, or Oracle

What the JD emphasized

  • high quality & reliable products
  • quality & reliability goals
  • quality and reliability goals
  • quality and the factors that predict quality performance
  • Quality Management System