Quality Specialist, Intelligence Systems

We are looking for a Quality Specialist to join our Product Quality Team in Santa Ana. This Quality Specialist is responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the incoming inspection process to meet quality standards. They will partner across the organisation and help prioritise process and product quality issues that impact the effectiveness of the incoming materials inspection process.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
• Inspecting to verify non-conforming parts at Reston Site and at Supplier Sites as assigned
• Partnering with Site Supplier Quality Engineering Organisation to support Supplier Quality Control
• Assisting in the root cause analysis
• Assisting in the dispositioning of non-conforming material and ensuring the tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Managing internal re-work to support dispositions
• Ensuring data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process
• Communicating the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements
• Executing vendor return material authorisation (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers
• Performing Verification of First Article Inspection (FAI) on incoming material and coordinating acceptance of FAI data submitted by suppliers
• Managing quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability
• Creating inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers. Executing inspection as needed
• Training technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process
• Proposing, developing and implementing quality assurance policies and procedures and reviewing with the product quality engineers
• Reviewing and proposing continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Anduril's quality policy
• Supporting the calibration process by conducting recalls, managing the calibration database, and logistics with third party calibration services, as per the direction of the product quality engineers
• Deep diving into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality
• Staying current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommending improvements to the inspection process