Quality Manager, Intelligence Systems

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

The Intelligence Systems team is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers.

As the Quality Manager, you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists who will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice and leader for production quality and all the functions that contribute to an efficient and effective production process and delivery of product to Anduril customers.
• Lead & manage a team to champion continuous improvement and failure mode elimination in the development & production phases, driving part and system level quality readiness for production scaling, and supporting customer / deployment quality issues.
• Set daily and weekly priorities for the quality team and establish culture of best-in-class product quality by driving the adoption and consistent use of quality tools and processes.
• Drive production readiness by detailed design reviews, process development, verification/validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assembly, and system deployments.
• Drive clarity & resolution for performance ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting it's quality & reliability goals for production.
• Drive ongoing quality performance for incoming quality control, in-process quality control, and end of line quality.
• Own the elimination of product risk to by reducing process contribution to quality & reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Non-Conformance Reviews (NCRs), Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and Material Review Board (MRB) activities.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Experiences leading a team of quality resources to address production execution and quality issues that impact delivery or product quality at our customer..
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power/battery systems, radar, vision system/optical image capture, networking/communication protocol, and remote management systems.
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization.
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Inspection & measurement systems, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R), and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read and drive clarity for technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and SOWs used to describe quality requirements
• Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution systems, Configuration Management and Document Control
• A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion.
• Analytical skills and experiences for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance