Senior Product Quality Engineer - Roadrunner

Anduril Industries; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 126,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Ashville, OH is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality programs for Roadrunner. The ideal candidate will have VTOL product performance knowledge, metrology experience, and continuous improvement skills.

You will work hands-on with engineering and lead a small team to meet customer quality expectations. The role requires collaboration across reliability engineering, manufacturing, and customer-facing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar technical field.
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on high velocity vehicle systems.
• Knowledge of design review and quality management of systems including PCBA, wiring, avionics, and propulsion.
• Experience driving product quality to test/measurement system development; missile storage knowledge.
• Collaboration with Reliability, engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams.
• FMEA/APQP/PPAP knowledge, MSA, and GD&T.
• Knowledge of mechanical/electrical manufacturing processes and industry standards.
• Ownership mindset to drive projects from start to finish.
• Data mining, data quality, metrics, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, Minitab).
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Drive product development and production for Roadrunner programs using quality processes and inspections.
• Resolve production ambiguities related to product maturity and field performance.
• Lead transition from NPI to sustainable high-rate manufacturing and deployment support.
• Own elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the lifecycle.
• Define and improve product and process requirements.
• Lead RCCA and MRB activities and review action effectiveness across the team.
• Lead product health data analysis and establish quality performance metrics.
• Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System and documents.
• Develop a comprehensive quality plan for projects and ensure PPAP/FAI readiness.
• Coordinate manufacturing variance testing and qualification for quality coverage.
• Lead supplier quality activities for Roadrunner programs.

Skills

Quality engineering

Data analysis

FMEA

APQP/PPAP

GD&T

Leadership

Cross-functional

Ownership

Statistical tools

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Teamcenter

SolidWorks/NX

Jira

Foundry

MES

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 Roadrunner product 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

The Roadrunner Launch Team (RLT) will set the standard for building the future at Arsenal-1, our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ashville, OH. This team will have the opportunity to train under our world-class manufacturing team at Anduril HQ in Costa Mesa, CA for 1 month before bringing that standard of excellence back to Ohio.

As a Senior Product Quality Engineer at Anduril in Ashville, OH, you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality programs. The right person for this role has knowledge of VTOL product performance, sub-system performance criteria, metrology, and continuous improvement. An ideal candidate for this role has experiences in manufacturing, product development, test/system performance criteria, metrology, and quality planning. If you are someone who loves to build world-class quality processes and products, work hands-on with engineering, and be accountable for results of a small team, then this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Drive product development and production for Roadrunner 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 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 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 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 Roadrunner projects.
• Matrix lead supplier quality engineers who are supporting the design and development activities with the suppliers for Roadrunner programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on high velocity vehicle systems.
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management of 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a technical field
• 6+ years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers. Working knowledge of AS9100/ AS6500 / ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with IPC standards and general workmanship standards.
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements commonly applied to quality requirements for aerial vehicles. Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, Foundry, and manufacturing execution

US Salary Range

$126,000—$167,000 USD

Benefits

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:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

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