Senior Product Quality Engineer - Altius

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

As the Senior Product Quality Engineer you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products.

Your leadership will impact how Anduril designs, develops, and releases to production for Altius product team.

You will build partnerships with heads of production, program management, deployments, sourcing and multiple engineering teams.

The right person for this role has knowledge of manufacturing, product development, sub-system performance criteria and metrology, and leadership experience to contribute to Anduril's mission.

Responsibilities

• Drive product development and production for Altius programs using processes such as drawing and work instruction reviews, quality planning, inspection, acceptance test performance management, end-of-line metrics, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assemblies, and the vehicle, itself.
• Drive clarity & resolution for production ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance.
• Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process, supply chain, and deployment support.
• Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure the execution of product and process requirements.
• Define and improve such requirements.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and inspection process performance.
• Review the effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities.
• Establish metrics for measuring quality and the factors that predict quality performance.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System.
• Define and improve required documentation and activities.
• Develop an overall quality plan (similar to APQP) for various projects.
• Leverage resources and direct reports to delivery quality through the development cycle.
• Design, development, and leverage elements of the Anduril QMS to build confidence and containment for customers quality expectations.
• Set expectations for qualification of internal and external manufacturing processes including measurement methods, PPAP/FAI, inspection methods & test protocol & acceptance test plans for programs.
• Lead the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities for the Altius projects.
• Matrix lead supplier quality engineers who are supporting the design and development activities with the suppliers for Roadrunner programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on high velocity vehicle systems.
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management of systems, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites/control surfaces, propulsion systems, and lethality systems.
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization.
• Knowledgeable of storage and maintenance processes.
• Experience partnering with Reliability Engineering, chief engineers, architects, manufacturing engineering, and customer facing team members to deliver to customer requirements.
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
• Application of industry standards and best practices
• 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)
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance