Manager, Product Quality Engineering

Anduril-1; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA, seeks a Manager of Product Quality Engineering to lead a team shaping processes that deliver reliable, high-quality products across the Intelligence Systems portfolio. You will partner with production, manufacturing engineering, program management, deployments, sourcing and engineering to ensure quality from design through production.

The role requires a technical engineering degree, 10+ years in product quality and leadership, and hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical engineering discipline required.
• 10+ years in technical/engineering roles related to product quality.
• Experience leading teams and managing NPI and production quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product quality engineers to deliver high quality products.
• Collaborate with production, program management, and engineering to ensure PDP readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement and RCCA/CAPA processes across design, production, and supplier quality.
• Own and track supplier quality programs and qualification activities.
• Set priorities and establish a culture of best-in-class product quality.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality improvement

NPI quality

Production quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

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

Altius 700+, as part of Tactical Reconnaissance & Strike (TRS) team, is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Loitering Munitions and ISR customers. We work within the TRS to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.
ABOUT THE JOB
As the Manager of Product Quality Engineering you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists 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 delivers production quality and sustaining support for a portfolio of products that support Intelligence Systems. You will build partnerships with heads of production, manufacturing engineering, 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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Test, and Supply Chain leadership teams and execute to Product Development Process (PDP) to meet all gate readiness review criteria (CDR, BRR, MRR/PRR) engaging from early prototype testing to full rate production.
• Be the voice and leader for product development, production quality, supplier quality, and all the functions that contribute to an efficient and effective NPI/production process and delivery of product to Anduril customers.
• Lead & manage a team to champion continuous improvement and failure mode elimination in the development & production phases, driving part and system level quality readiness for production scaling, and supporting customer / deployment quality issues.
• Own and utilize Supplier Quality Engineering resources to own and track supplier quality control and development program for the product(s) as well as supplier part qualification and risk management programs
• Own and lead Quality Control process, frame work, and execution starting from detailed engineering requirements and risks all the way to managing inspection methods and tooling by collaborating with systems design partners and providing leadership and prioritization to quality control teams
• Set daily and weekly priorities for the quality teams and establish culture of best-in-class product quality by driving the adoption and consistent use of quality tools and processes.
• Drive production readiness by detailed design reviews, process development, verification/validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assembly, and system deployments
• Drive clarity & resolution for performance ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting it’s quality & reliability goals for production.
• Drive ongoing quality performance for incoming quality control, in-process quality control, and end of line quality.
• Own the elimination of product risk to by reducing process contribution to quality & reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Non-Conformance Reviews (NCRs), Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and Material Review Board (MRB) activities. Review the effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
• Own and lead cross functional alignment of within Corrective Action Board (CAB) activities to drive ownership to investigations and resolutions of quality issues regarding design, integration, process, and supply chain
• 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.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System needed to support the process and product. 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in a technical Engineering discipline
• Minimum 5+ years of experience leading organizations including teams of direct report engineers to address NPI and production execution and quality issues that impact delivery or product quality at our customer
• Minimum total of 10+ combined years of experience working in technical/engineering disciplines related to product quality/engineering as an individual contributor engineer or working engineering manager
• 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