Rocket Motor Systems: Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Anduril Industries

McHenry (KY)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer for Rocket Motor Systems embedded at the McHenry, MS facility. You will own supplier quality outcomes across the motor bill of materials and serve as the primary quality focal for RMS engineering, manufacturing, and programs.

You will lead containment of escapes, drive SCARs, host site visits, and partner with design engineering on manufacturability feedback.

Qualifications

5+ years of supplier quality engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or propulsion manufacturing.
Experience scaling supplier quality from development to full-rate production.
Knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 and supplier audits.
Ability to lead root cause investigations and corrective actions (8D, SCAR).
Willingness to travel up to 50%.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as the dedicated supplier quality focal for Rocket Motor Systems, embedded at the McHenry facility, providing RMS engineering, manufacturing, and program teams with a single point of accountability for all supplier quality matters across the motor bill of materials.
Act as the first responder for supplier quality escapes, nonconformances, and delivery disruptions, leading immediate containment and triage while determining when to engage commodity-based SQE specialists for deeper process or material expertise.
Own the supplier corrective action lifecycle for RMS — from SCAR issuance through root cause verification and effectiveness confirmation — and present corrective action status, trends, and closure rates to the RMS Corrective Action Board on a monthly cadence.
Develop and maintain a supplier quality development plan aligned to each critical RMS supplier, identifying capability gaps, process maturity levels, and the specific investments needed to transition from prototype/low-rate deliveries to high-rate production readiness.
Conduct regular supplier site visits to assess manufacturing processes, quality systems, and production controls firsthand — and reciprocally host suppliers at the McHenry facility so they can walk the production floor, see how their components integrate, and understand RMS requirements in context.
Learn the rocket motor product deeply — propellant formulation and processing, motor case fabrication, nozzle and thermal protection systems, insulation, igniters, and final assembly — so that supplier quality decisions are informed by how components behave in the system, not just whether they meet a print dimension.
Partner with RMS design engineering during product development to provide design-for-manufacturability and design-for-inspectability feedback, ensuring that supplier capability and process variation are considered before drawings are released and purchase orders are placed.
Drive supplier qualification activities including First Article Inspection (AS9102), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), measurement systems analysis (MSA), and process capability studies — with a focus on validating that supplier processes are capable and stable, not just that sample parts pass inspection.
Support Material Review Board (MRB) disposition for nonconforming supplied material, providing supplier process context and risk assessment to inform use-as-is, rework, or return decisions, and feeding disposition trends back into supplier development priorities.
Audit supplier quality management systems against AS9100, customer flowdown requirements, and RMS-specific quality clauses, with particular attention to special process controls, material traceability, and handling/storage practices for energetic and safety-critical materials.
Monitor and report supplier quality metrics — including incoming quality levels, SCAR aging, repeat nonconformances, and on-time corrective action closure — translating data into actionable narratives that connect supplier performance to RMS quality improvement plans.
Coordinate with the commodity-based supplier quality team to ensure that RMS-specific lessons learned, supplier risk signals, and corrective actions are visible enterprise-wide, and that commodity expertise is leveraged when RMS suppliers span multiple commodity families.
Identify and mitigate single-source and sole-source supplier risks within the RMS supply chain, working with sourcing and engineering to develop qualification strategies for alternate suppliers, particularly for specialty propellant ingredients, nozzle materials, and insulation compounds.
Champion a supplier partnership culture where quality improvement is achieved through collaboration, joint problem-solving, and shared accountability — not just compliance enforcement — recognizing that supplier capability is a competitive advantage in scaling rocket motor production.