Lead Quality Systems Engineer - Maritime

Anduril Industries, Inc.; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. seeks a Lead Quality Systems Engineer, Maritime to own the end-to-end AS9100 quality management system across the Maritime Division.

You will guide multi-site certification efforts, build a scalable QMS architecture, and ensure audit readiness while coordinating cross-site processes and training. The role requires deep AS9100 expertise, multi-site experience, and strong cross-functional communication to navigate audits and growth across sites and product lines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in aerospace/defense quality management.
• Experience with AS9100 certification and surveillance audits.
• Experience with multi-site QMS.
• CAPA, internal audits, and management review under AS9100.
• Strong cross-organizational communication.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to export controlled information access.

Responsibilities

• Own the Maritime Division's AS9100 QMS across all sites and product lines.
• Design and implement a multi-site QMS architecture.
• Lead audit preparation and liaise with third-party bodies and customers.
• Harmonize quality processes across sites while allowing site-specific procedures.
• Conduct risk and gap analyses for expanding scope of certification.
• Own the division-wide CAPA process and track corrective actions.
• Develop and deliver training on AS9100 requirements across sites.
• Coordinate with Corporate Quality, site leadership, and production teams.

Skills

AS9100 knowledge

Quality audits

CAPA processes

Cross-functional communication

Multi-site management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Job description

Lead Quality Systems Engineer - Maritime

Quonset, Rhode Island, United States

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Maritime Division operates across multiple sites and business lines, producing advanced undersea systems for national defense. As the division scales from a single-product facility to a multi-site, multi-business-line operation, maintaining a unified and audit-ready quality management system is critical. This role sits within the Corporate Quality organization but is fully dedicated to the Maritime Division, serving as the connective tissue that keeps quality systems aligned across every site, product line, and certification boundary.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Lead Quality Systems Engineer, Maritime to join our team and own the end-to-end AS9100 quality management system across the Maritime Division. In the near term, you will support ongoing AS9100 certification and surveillance activities. Looking ahead, your primary mission is solving a much harder problem: as new product lines and manufacturing sites come online, the AS9100 certification scope expands to cover multiple sites, multiple product lines, and multiple business lines operating under shared facilities. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining a QMS architecture that keeps all of these threads audit-ready, ensuring that growth in one area does not create certification risk in another. This role requires deep expertise in AS9100 and aerospace quality systems, experience managing multi-site certification scopes, and the ability to work across organizational boundaries. If you are someone who can see the big picture of a quality system while managing the granular documentation and process discipline required to pass rigorous third-party audits, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• AS9100 Certification Ownership: Own the Maritime Division's AS9100 QMS, including all documentation, internal audit programs, corrective action tracking, and management review processes. Ensure the system remains audit-ready at all times across all sites.
• Multi-Site QMS Architecture: Design and implement a quality management system structure that accommodates multiple manufacturing sites operating under a single or coordinated AS9100 certification scope. Address the complexity that arises when product lines span multiple facilities and when multiple business lines share a single site.
• Audit Preparation and Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party certification body audits, customer audits, and regulatory reviews. Manage audit schedules, coordinate site readiness, and ensure findings are closed on time. Guide the organization through the evolution from a single-site audit scope to a multi-site, multi-product scope.
• Cross-Site Process Harmonization: Establish standardized quality processes, procedures, and documentation practices that work across all division manufacturing sites. Ensure that shared processes meet AS9100 requirements regardless of which site or business line is being audited, while allowing for site-specific procedures where necessary.
• Risk and Gap Analysis: Continuously assess QMS gaps and certification risks as new product lines and sites are brought online. Proactively identify where the expansion of audit scope creates exposure and develop mitigation plans before issues surface in formal audits.
• Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA): Own the division-wide CAPA process. Track nonconformances, drive root cause analysis, and ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified across all sites. Monitor trends to identify systemic issues before they become repeat audit findings.
• Training and Culture: Build quality awareness across the Maritime Division. Develop and deliver training programs that ensure personnel at all sites understand AS9100 requirements, their role in maintaining certification, and the implications of nonconformance in a multi-site environment.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work across Corporate Quality, site leadership, production teams, and business line leads to ensure QMS requirements are integrated into operational planning. Participate in site battle rhythm meetings and provide regular quality status updates to division leadership.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in quality management within aerospace, defense, or government-contract manufacturing
• Direct experience managing or significantly contributing to AS9100 certification and surveillance audits
• Demonstrated experience with multi-site or multi-scope quality management systems
• Strong knowledge of CAPA processes, internal auditing, and management review requirements under AS9100
• Effective communicator who can work across organizational boundaries and present to leadership
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• AS9100 Lead Auditor certification (e.g., through Exemplar Global, RABQSA, or equivalent)
• Experience in a scaling or startup manufacturing environment where QMS processes were being built or significantly expanded
• Familiarity with other aerospace/defense quality standards (e.g., AS13100, NADCAP, ISO 9001, ITAR/EAR compliance as it relates to quality documentation)
• Experience managing AS9100 scope expansions, including adding new sites or product lines to an existing certificate
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field
• Experience with ERP/MES systems and their integration with quality management processes
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification or experience

US Salary Range

$129,000 - $175,000 USD

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 Anduril's 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 you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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