Senior Manager, Product Quality Engineer

As theSenior Manager for Production Qualityyou will lead a team of product quality engineers who 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 release to production for a portfolio of products that support Launched Effects. 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 Andurils mission.

• Lead & manage a team of product quality engineers to champion failure mode elimination in the development phase driving part and system level quality readiness for production scaling and supporting customer / deployment quality issues.
• Drive product development to achieve quality experience for our products and variants by supporting product making engineering activities like detailed design reviews process development verification validation and qualification of processes and parts sub-assy and system deployments.
• Drive clarity & resolution for development ambiguities associated with product maturity process stability and field performance that impact the product meeting its quality & reliability goals for production.
• Drive ongoing quality performance in a sustainable & predictable manner for a low rate high complexity manufacturing process and supply chains.
• Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
• Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities. 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. Drive performance when out of goal/out of specification conditions occur.
• Review contract language for customer requirements and build a quality program that exceeds customer expectations.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System. Define and improve required documentation and activities.
• Develop strategies and resource plans with heads of production program management deployments sourcing and chief engineers & architects to meet customer & product requirements.

• 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. Leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
• 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) 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)

• Bachelors degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineer
• Experience recruiting hiring and developing a team of engineers and specialists.
• 10 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers.
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with IPC standards mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation
• Experience with government contracts and mil standard requirements
• Experience with Teamcenter Oracle Warehouse management Non-Conformance management systems and Jira-base work stream tools
• Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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