Senior Product Quality Engineer, Altius

Senior Product Quality Engineer

Santa Ana, California, United States

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

As a Senior Product Quality Engineer, you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products. This role focuses on our ALTIUS (Agile Launched, Tactically Integrated Unmanned System) is a family of tube-launched, air- and ground-launched autonomous drones. Our next generation product and auxiliary accessory products with career growth to any of our products in the development stages.

You will be responsible for product quality leadership for the end to end product life cycle. An ideal candidate for this role has knowledge of manufacturing, product development, test/system performance criteria, metrology, and continuous improvement for drones and/or aerial vehicles. If you are someone who loves to build world-class quality processes, work hands-on, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Drive product development and production for a ALTIUS product by supporting early design engagement, risk reduction, failure mode avoidance, advance quality planning, drawings & work instruction reviews, process development, inspection, acceptance test performance management, end-of-line metrics, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assemblies, along with the vehicle, itself.
• Drive clarity & resolution for quality ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product achieving its quality & reliability goals for volume production. Design, develop, and lead the quality plan for the product.
• Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process and supply chain.
• Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability & quality across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality issue management from concept stages through development & manufacturing to field use.
• Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements.
• Work cross-functionally to define and execute the product roadmap for changes and customer acceptance testing.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Corrective Action Board (CAB), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and inspection process performance. Review the effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities. Establish metrics for measuring quality and the factors that predict quality performance.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System for the product. Define and improve required quality documentation and processes.
• Support investigations, initiatives, and projects as needed, at the team or organization level.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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 precision mechanical parts & sub-assemblies, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites, propulsion systems, and lethality systems.
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization. Leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance…