# Quality Engineering Specialist

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $48-$64 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Quality Engineering Specialist to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. As a Quality Specialist, you will be responsible for monitoring, inspecting, and proposing measures to correct or improve final products to meet established quality standards.

**Responsibilities:**

- Manage the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process

- Collaborate with the manufacturing process to resolve, contain, and improve nonconforming materials

- Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback

- Support inspectors with clarification or go/no-go decisions

- Lead containment of nonconforming items, including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts

- Assist in root cause analysis

- Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions

- Ensure accurate and complete data collection and entry for the MRB process

- Communicate process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders

- Track and report MRB metrics on a weekly basis

- Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with Warehouse and Buyers

- Manage quality containment for material, tooling, and inspection equipment

- Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end-of-line inspection

- Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture

- Propose, develop, and implement quality assurance policies and procedures

- Review and propose continuous improvement projects

- Perform internal audits on processes and procedures

- Conduct deep dives into data and traceability investigations

- Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques

**Requirements:**

- Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant field, or equivalent experience

- 4+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or a quality/engineering related role

- Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting HW development and quality management

- Proficiency with CAD software and inspection data management software

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills

- Experience with calibrated equipment

- Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings

- Analyze inspection results and provide feedback

- Experience using investigative equipment

- Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard

- Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components

- Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross-functional teams

- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Technical or Associate degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field

- Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report

- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent

- Existing work experience in a low-rate production manufacturing environment

- Knowledge of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

- Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components

- Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems

- Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment

- Detail-oriented self-starter with minimal oversight

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: $48-$64 USD per hour

- Comprehensive benefits package, including equity grants

## Skills

### Required
- CAD software
- inspection data management software
- calibrated equipment
- engineering drawings
- investigative equipment
- AS9100
- ISO9001
- IATF 16949
- quality management
- manufacturing

### Nice to have
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Electrical and Electronic Components
- Manufacturing processes
- auditing processes
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

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