Staff Product Quality Engineer

About the role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The company develops cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology for the military.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of product quality engineers and interface with product engineering, manufacturing engineering, production team, and supplier quality team.
• Drive product development to achieve quality experience for electro-mechanical actuators by leading technical design reviews, process development, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, and the assembly itself.
• Drive clarity and resolution for development ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting its quality & reliability goals for volume production.
• Drive quality controls and assurance throughout production phases; develop metrics to uphold the highest level of first pass yield and continuous scrap reduction.
• Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process and supply chain.
• Own product design risk management to ensure robustness and improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
• Own product quality end-to-end from incoming components, subsystems, and the end-product assembly from early design phase to field sustainment.
• Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements.
• Work cross-functionally to define and execute the product roadmap from quality perspective.
• 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.
• Establish metrics quality metrics and develop a strategy to ensure best in class 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.
• Responsible for root cause analysis and associated characterization/sensitivity test development.
• Support supplier quality visits to the supply base to consistently improve process quality and drive down cost of poor quality.
• Develop and implement manufacturing requirements, quality standards, and product quality plans per category of component (castings, forgings, machined parts, electromechanical systems).
• Lead and conduct DOE’s (Design Of Experiments) to support design and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
• Experience in Mechanical Engineering designs, Product development, product launches, manufacturing engineering and Quality in automotives, aerospace/defense or similar electro-mechanical hardware systems.
• Expertise in technical design review and quality management of PCBA, avionics, systems integration, and mechanical systems.
• Expertise in DFMEA’s & PFMEA’s for new products to define and manage design and process risks while identifying robustness actions.
• Expertise in SPC (Statistical Process Control), MSA (Measurement System Analysis), and other statistical aspects of the design and manufacturing of mechanical components.
• Expertise in mechanical and/or electro-mechanical systems manufacturing processes.
• 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

Prioritization

• Master’s degree in a technical field
• 7-10 years of experience in design, development, manufacturing and quality systems for low volume, high complexity manufacturing environments and suppliers.
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• DFSS experience
• Design for Robustness & Reliability
• Reliability Engineering and testing
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with IPC standards
• Experience with government contracts and mil standard requirements
• Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, Jira, Tableau, and Altium (or other PCBA and harness design software)
• Experience working with actuators

Pay

$166,000 - $220,000 USD

Schedule

N/A