Resident Supplier Quality Engineer

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

As a Resident Supply Quality Engineer, you will be the Anduril representative working onsite at our supplier to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable composite assemblies and mechanical sub-assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design teams to support design development, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and generate product data for composite assemblies.
• Manage and execute source inspections at receipt, in-process, and final acceptance at the supplier.
• Use knowledge and expertise of composites, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, mechanical sub-assembly, and inspection/measurement to support internal Anduril design process and ideation.
• Implement and execute source inspection at incoming, in-process, and final acceptance at the supplier.
• Drive supplier quality development processes throughout product development stages.
• Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management, and program management to deliver predictable supply.
• Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key and critical characteristics, developing measurement systems, and supplier qualification activities.
• Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing and Product Sourcing Engineering to drive overall supplier performance.
• Own the elimination of supplier risk to improve quality & reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities.
• Review supplier effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
• Audit the Quality Management System at suppliers.
• Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or similar technical field.
• Experience with producing composite assemblies and manufacturing of mechanical sub-assemblies.
• Experience in scaling supplier capabilities and quality from prototype to high rate production.
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 Industry Standard.
• Experience with driving supplier performance and evaluation.
• Strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion.
• Analytical skills and experiences for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, and statistical analysis tools.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a technical field.
• Experience in creating material and process specifications for composites, mechanical parts, and sub-assemblies.
• Experience performing source inspection at mechanical manufacturing suppliers.
• Working knowledge of non-destructive inspection techniques.
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as FMEA, APQP, PPAP.
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements.