Product Quality Engineer, Intelligence Systems
Anduril· Hardware Engineering : Quality : Quality Engineering
Santa Ana, CA$112k - $149kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Product Quality Engineer focused on defining, developing, and executing quality processes for AIS compute solutions, working across product development, manufacturing, and field use to ensure high reliability and quality across complex programs for Intelligence Community customers.
Responsibilities
- Willingness to engagement with product development Teams to achieve quality expectations for AIS products
- Drive product development to achieve quality experience for AIS products by implementing product engineering activities like process development, verification, validation, and qualification of processes, parts and sub-assemblies.
- Drive clarity & resolution for development ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting it’s quality & reliability goals for volume production.
- Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process and supply chain.
- Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
- Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Assist in Defining and improving such requirements.
- Work cross-functionally to define and execute the product roadmap.
- Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities. 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.
- Support investigations, initiatives, and projects as needed, at the team or organization level.
- Own the identification and elimination of product quality risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Support the quality planning from production concept/customer requirements through development and manufacturing to field use.
- Ensure the execution of product and process requirements to meet quality performance targets. Define and improve such requirements. Partner with production to ensure incoming material inspection, process control plans, and end of line test capture the essential quality requirements for successful customer shipments.
- Open to travel between HQ (CA) and Ohio based on program needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- 5+ years of experience with developing quality systems for high volume, high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers.
- Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware.
- Working knowledge of design review and quality management of precision mechanical parts & sub-assemblies, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites, propulsion systems, and lethality systems.
- Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization. Leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
- 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 to meet government customer quality expectations.
- 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.).
Skills
Required:Quality system developmentFMEA/APQP/PPAP methodsData analysis and metricsSecurity clearance
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package (health, recovery, and related support)
- Competitive compensation with equity grants
- Other employer-provided benefits as part of the total compensation package
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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