Senior Missile Quality Engineer – Quality & Reliability

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to drive missile program quality, collaboration with design teams, and ensure first-time quality.

You will lead quality plans, RCCA, MRB, data analysis, and ongoing improvements across product lifecycle, with a focus on metrology, PPAP/FAI, and supplier quality.

A U.S. TS/SCI security clearance is required; preferred candidates hold advanced degrees and extensive missile experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field.
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on previous Missiles or high velocity vehicle systems.
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management of missile systems, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites/control surfaces, propulsion systems, and lethality systems.
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization. Knowledgeable of missile storage and maintenance processes.
• Experience partnering with Reliability Engineering, chief engineers, architects, manufacturing engineering, and customer facing team members to deliver to customer requirements.
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes. Application of industry standards and best practices
• 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)
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance

Responsibilities

• Drive product development and production for missile programs using processes such as drawing and work instruction reviews, quality planning, inspection, acceptance test performance management, end‑of‑line metrics, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub‑assemblies, and the vehicle, itself.
• Drive clarity & resolution for production ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance.
• Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process, supply chain, and deployment support.
• Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and inspection process performance. 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.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System. Define and improve required documentation and activities.
• Develop an overall quality plan (similar to APQP) for various missile projects. Leverage resources and direct reports to delivery quality through the development cycle. Design, development, and leverage elements of the Anduril QMS to build confidence and containment for missile customers quality expectations. Set expectations for qualification of internal and external manufacturing processes including measurement methods, PPAP/FAI, inspection methods & test protocol & acceptance test plans for missile programs. Lead the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities for the missile projects.
• Matrix lead supplier quality engineers who are supporting the design and development activities with the suppliers for Missile programs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data mining

Data quality

Metrics generation

Issue management

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field

Master’s degree in a technical field

Tools

MATLAB

JMP

Minitab

Teamcenter

SolidWorks/NX

Jira

Foundry

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to drive missile program quality, collaboration with design teams, and ensure first-time quality.

You will lead quality plans, RCCA, MRB, data analysis, and ongoing improvements across product lifecycle, with a focus on metrology, PPAP/FAI, and supplier quality.

A U.S. TS/SCI security clearance is required; preferred candidates hold advanced degrees and extensive missile experience.