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Quality Specialist, EW

Anduril· Hardware Engineering : Quality
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Irvine, California$47/hr - $62/hrThis job description does not specify a formal employment type; provided details indicate full-time, salaried roles typical for Anduril positions.Posted 3mo ago

About the role

Quality Engineering Specialist for the electronic warfare program responsible for monitoring, inspecting, and proposing measures to correct or improve final products to meet established quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
  • Inspect to verify non-conforming parts
  • Assist in the root cause analysis
  • Assist in the dispositioning of non-conforming material and ensure the tasks are completed in a timely manner
  • Manage internal re-work to support dispositions.
  • Support the troubleshooting of electrical subassemblies and PCBAs.
  • Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process
  • Troubleshoot PCBAs that fail functional testing
  • Inspect harnesses and PCBAs for conformance to design drawings and workmanship standards
  • Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements
  • Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers.
  • Perform Verification First Article Inspection (FAI) on incoming material and coordinate acceptance of FAI data submitted by suppliers.
  • Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability.
  • Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers
  • Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process.
  • Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers
  • Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Anduril's quality policy.
  • Support the calibration process by conducting recalls, managing the calibration database, and logistics with third party calibration services, as per the direction of the product quality engineers.
  • Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer
  • Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality.
  • Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process

Qualifications

  • Associate degree or equivalent in a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in electro-mechanical hardware development
  • Experience with electronics manufacturing, assembly and test
  • Experience troubleshooting PCBAs that fail functional testing.
  • Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD)
  • Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments.
  • Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc.
  • Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard
  • Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components
  • Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross functional teams
  • U.S. Person Status is required as this position needs to access controlled data

Skills

Required:Materials Review Board (MRB) managementRoot cause analysisPCBAs troubleshootingReading engineering drawingsData analysis and traceabilityQuality systems and auditsCommunication with stakeholders

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
  • Comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
  • Health, recovery, and other standard benefits described in company materials
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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