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Senior Product Quality Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Quality Engineering : Reliability Engineering
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Santa Ana, CA$147k - $196kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Product Quality Engineer focused on missile programs, responsible for defining and executing quality processes, driving NPI to scalable manufacturing, and leading quality improvements across the product lifecycle at Anduril in Santa Ana, CA.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Quality planning and APQPRoot Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA)MRBFMEA / APQP / PPAPData analysis and metrics

Benefits

  • Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive) including health and recovery supports, available to full-time employees
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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