Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Altius

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

The Launched Effects team at Anduril is responsible for scaling the manufacturing and delivery of the ALTIUS family of systems.

As a Senior Supply Quality Engineer, you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable precision machined parts used in our missile and high-speed aircraft programs.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with design teams to support design development and provide design for manufacturability feedback
• Use knowledge and expertise of machining, molding, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, and inspection/measurement to support internal design process and ideation
• 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 for drawings and supplier specification
• 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field
• Experience with producing precision mechanical parts for aerospace or defense
• 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
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as FMEA, APQP, PPAP
• 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
• Experience with managing special processes
• Process Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (PFMEA) experience
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements