Radar Quality Systems Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking a Radar Quality Systems Engineer to own and advance the quality management system for Battlespace Awareness.

Responsibilities

• Own the BA quality management system and its top-level processes , keeping procedures, work instructions, and records current, compliant, and actually used.
• Serve as the primary QMS process owner supporting the designated management representative under AS9100D §5.3.
• Lead QMS planning: quality objectives, risk and opportunity management, and the Management Review cycle.
• Own the internal audit program end to end: maintain the annual schedule covering every QMS process across the certification cycle, qualify and schedule auditors, protect auditor independence, and drive findings to verified closure.
• Own the supplier and external provider audit program under AS9100D §8.4.
• Work product as well as system: support first article inspection (AS9102), nonconforming material and MRB disposition, and investigation of field escapes.
• Manage the registrar relationship and the full certification cycle , surveillance and recertification scheduling, scope changes, and nonconformity responses.
• Own the quality KPIs for BA: define them, report them on a monthly cadence to site and division leadership, investigate adverse trends, and drive the improvement actions that move them.
• Run recurring 6S and FOD audits on the production floor , scoring, trending, and closing findings with Production and Ops.
• Driving root cause analysis and corrective action with internal findings from audits and customer visits.
• Own document and record control: the procedure hierarchy, revision control, approval routing, and retention per AS9100D §7.5.
• Partner with product quality engineers and manufacturing engineers during the new product development phase to help prepare new products and sites to meet QMS requirements.
• Develop our internal QMS road map for tools and capabilities to match the scaling of the company.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities that benefit the QMS and product quality.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and 4-7 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing
• Deep working knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment , specifically AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015.
• Trained AS9100D internal auditor, or able to complete certification within 90 days of hire.
• Demonstrated ownership of a corrective action system.
• Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations that are part of a company-wide audit
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Business Intelligence (BI) systems.
• Experience working with DCMA, DFARs, and other government and defense programs and requirements
• Experience with ESD, FOD, and counterfeit programs.
• A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion
• Proven track record of implementation and success with QMS
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certification as an AS9100 lead auditor
• One or more American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, CQA
• Product-side quality experience , first article inspection (AS9102), MRB, PFMEA, control plans, or field failure investigation.
• Experience with low volume, highly complex manufacturing
• Experience harmonizing an acquired site’s QMS into a parent company’s system