Quality Systems Engineer

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

Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center.

The Quality organisation at Anduril is seeking a Quality Systems Engineer to join the team and help develop future opportunities for the internal quality management system and digitization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of the Quality Management System (QMS) and its top-level processes.
• Assist in coordinating resources and prioritizing tasks to complete internal and external audits of the QMS.
• Support the execution of QMS software implementation and adoption across Anduril sites.
• Partner with the business systems team, product quality engineers, and manufacturing engineers to help prepare new processes, digital tools, and sites to meet QMS requirements.
• Contribute to the internal QMS roadmap for tools and capabilities to match the scaling of the company.
• Develop working expertise in Anduril's quality tools, processes, and data sets to support effective QMS execution.
• Support communication with external audit agencies and assist with customer audits as necessary.
• Participate in the QMS internal auditor process and conduct internal audits.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities that benefit the QMS and product quality, and support their implementation.
• Support investigations, initiatives, and projects as needed at the team or organization level.
• Help develop QMS training modules and packages.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action activities related to internal audit findings and customer visits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, which requires regular interaction with production and manufacturing stakeholders and frequently working directly on the production floor.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment, in one or more of the following QMS standards: ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, AS9110C, AS9120B, AS6500, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 13485:2016, TL 9000 R6.3.
• Familiarity with QMS software solutions which might include Net Inspect, Siemens, SAP, ETQ, One Factory, MasterControl, Compliance Quest, Hexagon, PTC, QT9.
• Exposure to data analytics platforms, reporting tools, and basic data visualization.
• Understanding of project management principles for software system implementation and user onboarding.
• Familiarity with design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations that are part of a company-wide audit.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Business Intelligence (BI) system.
• Proven track record of implementation and success with QMS.
• A strong ownership mindset with willingness to drive tasks and projects to completion.
• U.S. citizenship is required pursuant to contractual obligations.
• Expected travel up to 20% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification as an AS9100 aerospace auditor.
• One or more American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, CQA.
• Experience with low volume, high complexity manufacturing.
• Experience working with mergers and acquisitions and onboarding teams.