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Senior Manager, Supplier Quality, Altius

Anduril· Quality Reliability & System Safety : Quality Engineering
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Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Leadership role to grow and guide supplier quality engineers across drone programs, partnering with engineering, sourcing, and program management to ensure high-quality parts, sub-assemblies, and systems throughout development and production.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a cross-discipline engineering team focusing on PCBA, avionics, cameras, batteries, energetics, precision machined parts, electro-mechanical integration, cable and wire harnesses, contract manufacturing services, and sourcing for Launched Effects / Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance drone programs.
  • Partner with design teams to support design development, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and generate product data for supplier quality success.
  • Systematically drive supplier quality development processes through design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for components and sub-assemblies; ensure supplier processes and capabilities align with product requirements.
  • Collaborate with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management, and program management to deliver predictable supply and manage deviations for supplier performance during development.
  • Ensure supplier quality readiness by analyzing key and critical characteristics, developing measurement systems, and driving supplier qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, audits, inspection development).
  • Strategically partner with Category Management and Sourcing Engineering to drive supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery, and fulfillment of strategic sourcing goals.
  • Define KPIs and use performance data to drive alignment across multi-site organizations.
  • Drive continuous improvement in supplier quality, cycle time, and delivery; establish technical strategies with internal resources and external partners; coach and train on quality methods.
  • Lead across multiple sites and production locations supporting the drone programs.
  • Develop growth strategies for the team, recruit, hire, onboard, and train SQEs to impact Anduril’s culture and project success.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
  • Minimum of 10 years of supplier or operations quality management; at least 5 years in a management role with growth in Supplier Quality Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Experience evaluating and auditing imaging, gimbals, electromechanical, PCBA, propulsion, energetics, composites, mechanical parts, and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies manufacturing processes
  • Experience setting priorities for both development and production phases of the product life cycle
  • Experience flowing down Source Control requirements to suppliers
  • Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements; AS9100 Lead/Internal Auditor Certification a plus
  • Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 and ensuring control plans/inspection processes meet requirements
  • Experience driving supplier performance and evaluation; familiarity with SOW, quality clauses, IP, and ITAR regulations
  • Knowledge of product development methodologies (FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements incl. MSA, quality improvement, GD&T)
  • Strong ownership mindset with ability to drive projects from start to finish
  • Analytical skills in data mining, data quality, metrics, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MATLAB, JMP, Minitab)
  • 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

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and other support)
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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