Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Intelligence Systems

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead quality processes with suppliers across castings, machined parts, and avionics. You will drive design for manufacturability feedback, supplier development, and PPAP/AS9100 compliance to ensure first-time quality.

The role requires aerospace/defense experience, ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance, and up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field.
• Experience in maritime, aerospace, defense, or space applications in one of the specified commodities.
• Experience scaling supplier quality from prototype to high-volume production.
• Knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based QMS; Lead/Internal Auditor certification a plus.
• Experience with FAI/AS9102 and PPAP elements.
• Experience with ITAR and government regulations.
• FMEA/APQP/PPAP and GD&T knowledge.
• Ability to obtain U.S. TS/SCI clearance and travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality hardware for Intelligence Systems.
• Lead supplier quality development throughout product development stages including design reviews and qualification.
• Assess supplier processes and capabilities to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Drive supplier readiness via RCCA, SCAR, and containment activities.
• Audit supplier Quality Management Systems and support supplier audits and reviews.

Skills

AS9100/ISO 9001

FMEA

APQP

PPAP

GD&T

MSA

Source inspection

ITAR

Data analysis

Supplier development

Root cause analysis

TS/SCI clearance

Quality leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Teamcenter

NX

Oracle/Netsuite

Jira

Foundry

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 TEAM

We are looking for Senior Supplier Quality Engineers to help support our Intelligence Systems Team. These roles will be on the Quality Engineering Team and partner across the product development organization, production organization, and field operations organizations. This role will be dynamic and full of new engagement, challenges, and opportunities. If you are someone who has passion for the quality of their work, is hands-on with engineering, production, and vendors, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will work inside and outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality and reliable hardware for Intelligence Systems. We are building a team of subject matter experts, each bringing deep manufacturing knowledge in a specific commodity — castings and weldings, precision machined parts, or avionics and electronics such as PCBA/circuit cards, sensors, communication modules, and line replaceable units. This role focuses on collaborating and driving early engagement with our design teams and suppliers to meet our quality requirements the first time and to evaluate technologies to assist in the design for manufacturing assessment, supplier technology assessment/development, as well as supplier quality management. Everything comes down to clarity and action with our suppliers and partnering with them for world class results is essential across the supply chain. The right person for this role has knowledge of manufacturing, supply management, supplier development, sub-system performance criteria and metrology, and continuous improvement. If you are someone who loves to build world-class quality processes with suppliers, work hands-on with engineering, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Partner with our design teams to support the design development process, provide design for manufacturability feedback specific to your commodity, and help generate product data (drawing details, BOM information, and part requirements) that lead to supplier quality success.
• Bring deep expertise in your commodity's manufacturing processes and inspection/measurement methods to support the internal Anduril design process and ideation. Provide leadership to manage technical risks, proof of concepts, prototyping, and scaling designs for volume production.
• Drive the supplier quality development processes throughout the product development stages with the product engineering team through design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for components and sub-assemblies. Review supplier processes and capabilities to ensure alignment to requirements can be achieved.
• Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management and program management to deliver predictable supply to development and production programs, and manage exceptions/containments/deviations for supplier technical performance, particularly in the development phases.
• Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key and critical characteristics for drawings and supplier specifications, develop measurement systems, and supplier qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, Audit, inspection development, etc.).
• Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing and Product Sourcing Engineering to drive overall supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and fulfillment of strategic goals.
• Own the elimination of supplier risk to improve quality and reliability across the product lifecycle. Utilize audits, readiness reviews, and training and documentation to ensure compliance.
• Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities, while owning containments derived from purchased goods.
• Review supplier effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team. Drive supplier corrective action and response (SCAR) process.
• Audit the Quality Management System at our suppliers, as it pertains to supplier quality and performance. Define and improve required documentation and activities as needed to ensure Anduril's compliance to flow-down requirements from customers.
• Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables for quality management and compliance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in at least one of the following commodity areas within maritime, aerospace, defense, or space applications: castings and weldings, precision machined parts, or avionics and electronic assemblies.
• Experience in scaling supplier capabilities and quality from prototype and proof of concept parts to low rate production to high rate production. Experience performing source inspection at manufacturing suppliers in aerospace and defense is a plus. Experience flowing down Source Control requirements to Suppliers.
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements. AS9100 Lead/Internal Auditor Certification or equivalent is a plus.
• Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 Industry Standard and ensuring suppliers have control plans and inspection processes that are capable of meeting product requirements.
• Experience with driving supplier performance and evaluation. Experience with Statement of Work (SOW), quality clauses, intellectual property (IP), and government regulations such as ITAR, etc.
• 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), quality improvement techniques, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• 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.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in a technical field.
• Experience in creating material and process specifications for your commodity area.
• Working knowledge of the proper application of non-destructive inspection techniques including penetrant, x-ray, and pressure proof testing throughout a process development life cycle.
• Experience qualifying metal joining methods including welding and brazing for critical structures and aerospace assemblies.
• Experience with managing special processes including heat treatment, polishing, anodize, coating, and paint.
• Experience in casting process qualification and development of automated inspection operations.
• Process Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (PFMEA) experience and developing source inspection plans and qualifying the inspection process capabilities.
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements.
• Experience with Teamcenter, NX, Oracle/Netsuite, Jira, and Foundry.

US Salary Range

$146,000 — $194,000 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:

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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