Quality Engineering Specialist

Anduril Industries; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits

Equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Quality Engineering Specialist to join Arsenal-1 in Pickaway County, Ohio. You will monitor, inspect, and drive corrective actions to ensure products meet strict quality standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will lead MRB processes, perform data analyses, and collaborate with engineering and suppliers to implement containment and continuous improvements. A TS/SCI clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Requires Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in manufacturing or quality/engineering 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 with a team.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Experience with calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm).
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, CAD).
• Experience with investigative equipment (x-ray, digital characterization, COFC).
• Experience with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS.
• Experience validating and testing assemblies/components.
• Experience communicating with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage MRB process and embed within manufacturing to improve nonconforming materials containment.
• Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback.
• Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors.
• Lead containment of nonconforming items and verify parts.
• Assist root cause analysis and cross-functional investigations.
• Coordinate internal triage with engineering for dispositions and timely tasks.
• Ensure accurate MRB data collection and reporting of metrics.
• Communicate process performance and quality issues to stakeholders.
• Oversee vendor RMAs and ensure material release from MRB.
• Create inspection plans for incoming, in-process, and end-of-line checks.
• Train technicians to execute inspection plans and capture data.
• Propose and implement quality assurance policies; review with product quality engineers.
• Perform internal audits per Quality Systems Engineer directions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong organizational skills

Independently/teamwork

Reading engineering drawings

Validating/testing assemblies

Supplier communication

QMS knowledge (AS9100/ISO9001/IATF 169

Education

Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant field

Tools

CAD software

Inspection data management software

Calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm)

X-ray inspection equipment

Jira

MES

ERP

Teamcenter

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 SITE
Anduril, a leader in autonomous systems and weapons manufacturing, is building Arsenal-1, its first hyperscale manufacturing facility, just south of Columbus, Ohio in Pickaway County. Arsenal-1 is redefining the scale and speed that autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners. This is a monumental and essential step toward rebuilding America’s defense industrial base, strengthening America’s warfighting capabilities, and enhancing deterrence amid rising international threats.

ABOUT THE PRODUCT
The future of defense is being built right now, and Anduril’s Roadrunnerproduct is at its leading edge. Roadrunner is a cutting-edge VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) counter-UAS interceptor, designed for autonomous air defense operations. It rapidly detects, tracks, and neutralizes hostile, unmanned aircraft systems to protect critical assets and personnel.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We are looking for a Quality Engineering Specialist to join our Anduril team at Arsenal-1. This Quality Specialist is a professional who is responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the final products in order to meet established quality standards. They are a highly motivated team players who is willing to support a fast paced team environment with strong ownership in successful execution of their statements of work.

What you’ll do:

• Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
• Be fully imbedded within manufacturing process to actively assist in providing resolution, containment, and improvement to nonconforming materials
• Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback
• Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors
• Lead and own the execution of containment of nonconforming items including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts
• Assist in the root cause analysis
• Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions and ensure the investigative tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process
• Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements
• Track and report out MRB metrics on a weekly basis
• Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers.
• Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability.
• Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers
• Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process.
• Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers
• Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Anduril’s quality policy.
• Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer
• Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality.
• Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant fields, or equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• 5+ 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 computer-aided design (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 (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm, OMM, etc.)
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD)
• Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments.
• Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc.
• 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 Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field
• Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report for internal manufacturing
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification
• Existing work experience is low rate production manufacturing environment
• Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components (Power Supplies, PCBs, wire-harnesses)
• Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems (Jira, MES, ERP, Teamcenter, CAD)
• Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment
• Detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight - strong ability to communicate with different cross functional teams

US Salary Range

$41—$55 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:

Benefits

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