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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Composites

Anduril· Hardware Engineering : Quality : Quality Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Supply Quality Engineer focused on composite structures and components for Anduril’s autonomous systems and weapons programs. Drives early supplier engagement, design for manufacturability, supplier development, and quality readiness across development and production, with emphasis on composites, metrology, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with design teams to support the design development process, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and generate product data (drawings details, BOM information, and part requirements) for composite assemblies that lead to supplier quality success.
  • Use knowledge of composites, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, mechanical sub-assembly, and inspection/measurement to support the internal design process and ideation; provide leadership to manage technical risks, proof of concepts, prototyping, and scaling designs for 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 for precision mechanical parts; review supplier processes and capabilities for alignment to requirements.
  • Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management and program management to deliver predictable supply to development and production programs; manage exceptions/containments/deviations for supplier technical performance in 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 supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and fulfillment of strategic goals.
  • Own the elimination of supplier risk to improve quality & reliability across the product lifecycle; utilize audits, readiness reviews, and training & documentation to ensure compliance.
  • Support RCCA and MRB activities, while owning containments derived from purchased goods.
  • Review supplier effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned; drive SCAR process.
  • Audit the Quality Management System at suppliers and improve documentation to ensure compliance with flow-down requirements.
  • Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables for quality management and compliance.

Qualifications

  • Partner with design teams to support the design development process, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and generate product data (drawing details, BOM information, and part requirements) for composite parts that lead to supplier quality success.
  • Knowledge of composites materials and processes (layup, cure, bonding, core, tooling), fabrication, special processes, and inspection/measurement to support the internal design process; leadership for risks, prototyping, and scaling designs for volume production.
  • Drive supplier quality development through product development stages with design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for composite components; ensure alignment to requirements.
  • Partner with various engineering and program teams to deliver predictable supply and manage deviations in development phases.
  • Drive supplier quality readiness with measurement systems and qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, Audit, inspection development).
  • Partner with sourcing teams to drive overall supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and fulfillment of strategic goals.
  • Eliminate supplier risk to improve quality & reliability; use audits and training to ensure compliance.
  • RCCA and MRB support and containment ownership.
  • SCAR process involvement and lessons learned sharing.
  • Audit QMS and special processes at suppliers; ensure flow-down requirements from customers are met.
  • Lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables.

Skills

Required:Design for manufacturabilityComposite materials and processesMetrology and inspectionPPAP, FAIR, AuditRCCA/MRB/SCAR

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (details available in benefits information)
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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