Senior Product Quality Engineer - High-Impact Defense Tech

Anduril-1; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 126,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate housing during training

Travel accommodations during training

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Product Quality Engineer for the ALTIUS programs in Ashville, OH. You will bridge R&D and high-rate production, defining quality plans and leading cross-functional teams across engineering, production, and sourcing to ensure reliable, mission-ready systems.

The role requires expertise in APQP/PPAP, FMEA, GD&T, and data-driven quality improvements, with a leadership mindset and ability to coordinate training and deployment across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on high velocity vehicle systems.
• Knowledge of design review and quality management of systems, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, and integration.
• Experience driving quality requirements to test and measurement system development.
• Ability to partner with Reliability Eng, chief engineers, and manufacturing teams.
• Familiarity with FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements including MSA and GD&T.
• Knowledge of mechanical/electrical manufacturing processes and industry standards.
• Strong ownership mindset with track record delivering projects.
• Analytical skills for data mining, data quality, metrics, and statistical analysis tools.
• Eligibility to obtain and hold U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute processes delivering high quality and reliable Altius products.
• Collaborate with production, PM, deployments, sourcing, and engineering teams.
• Lead transition from NPI to high-rate manufacturing and deployment support.
• Own reduction of product risk and improve reliability across the lifecycle.
• Ensure execution of product and process requirements and improve them.
• Lead RCCA, MRB activities, and review action effectiveness.
• Lead product health data analysis and establish quality metrics.
• Support continuous improvement of the QMS and required documentation.
• Develop an APQP-like quality plan and qualify internal/external processes including PPAP/FAI.
• Lead qualification and variance testing across programs; ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Oversee supplier quality efforts for Altius projects.

Skills

Vehicle systems quality

Quality management systems

FMEA/APQP/PPAP (MSA, GD&T)

Data analytics (MatLab/JMP/Minitab)

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering change leadership

Manufacturing process knowledge

Root cause analysis

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field

Tools

Teamcenter

SolidWorks/NX

Jira

Foundry

Manufacturing execution

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Product Quality Engineer for the ALTIUS programs in Ashville, OH. You will bridge R&D and high-rate production, defining quality plans and leading cross-functional teams across engineering, production, and sourcing to ensure reliable, mission-ready systems.

The role requires expertise in APQP/PPAP, FMEA, GD&T, and data-driven quality improvements, with a leadership mindset and ability to coordinate training and deployment across sites.