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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Precision Mechanical

Anduril· Hardware Engineering : Quality : Quality Engineering
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Costa Mesa, California$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior Supply Quality Engineer focused on delivering high quality and reliable precision machined parts for missile and high-speed aircraft programs. Partners with design teams and suppliers to ensure quality requirements are met early, driving supplier quality readiness, RD&X processes, and compliance across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with design teams to support design development, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and help generate product data (drawings details, BOM information, and part requirements) for precision mechanical parts that lead to supplier quality success.
  • Use knowledge of machining, molding, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, and inspection/measurement to support internal design processes and ideation; lead technical risk management, proof of concepts, prototyping, and scaling designs for volume production.
  • Drive supplier quality development processes through product development stages with the engineering team; review supplier processes and capabilities for alignment to mechanical and sub-assembly requirements.
  • Collaborate with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management and program management to deliver predictable supply and manage deviations for supplier technical performance, especially in development phases.
  • Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key characteristics, develop measurement systems, and conduct supplier qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, Audit, inspection development, etc.).
  • Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing and Product Sourcing Engineering to improve supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery, and fulfillment of strategic goals.
  • Own elimination of supplier risk to improve quality and reliability; use audits, readiness reviews, and training/documentation to ensure compliance.
  • Support RCCA and MRB activities, and own containments derived from purchased goods.
  • Review supplier effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned; drive SCAR processes.
  • Audit supplier Quality Management System performance; define and improve required documentation and activities to ensure flow-down to customers.
  • Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables for quality management and compliance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field.
  • Experience with producing precision mechanical parts for aerospace or defense.
  • Experience in scaling supplier capabilities and quality from prototype to low/high rate production; experience performing source inspection at mechanical manufacturing suppliers is a plus; experience flowing down Source Control requirements to suppliers.
  • Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based QMS requirements; AS9100 Lead/Internal Auditor Certification or equivalent is a plus.
  • Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 and ensuring suppliers have control plans and inspection processes capable of meeting product requirements.
  • Experience driving supplier performance and evaluation; familiarity with SOW, quality clauses, IP, and government regulations (ITAR, etc.).
  • Knowledge of product development methodologies (FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements including MSA, quality improvement techniques, GD&T).
  • Strong ownership mindset; ability to drive projects from start to finish.
  • Analytical skills for data mining, data quality, metrics, issue management systems, and statistical tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc.).
  • Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations.

Skills

Required:Design for manufacturability (DFM) feedbackMachining, molding, additive manufacturing, fabricationSupplier development and management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and more) available to employees; details at Explore Our Benefits.
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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