Manager, Product Quality Engineering - Bolt

Anduril • Santa Ana, CA

13h • $146,000 - $194,000

About The Position

As the Manager of Product Quality Engineering for Bolt, you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists who define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high-quality, reliable products. You will shape how Anduril delivers production quality and sustaining support for Bolt throughout its lifecycle, partnering with leaders in production, manufacturing engineering, program management, deployments, sourcing, and engineering.

The role focuses on coordinating product development and production quality, supplier quality, quality control, production readiness, product health analysis, and continuous improvement. You will help ensure Bolt meets customer requirements and quality and reliability goals, from early prototype testing through full-rate production and deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience leading organizations, including teams of direct-report engineers, to address NPI and production execution and quality issues affecting delivery or customer product quality.
• At least 10 combined years of experience in technical or engineering disciplines related to product quality or engineering, as an individual-contributor engineer or working engineering manager.
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management for PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power or battery systems, radar, vision systems or optical image capture, networking or communication protocols, and remote management systems.
• Experience translating product quality and performance requirements into test and measurement system development and optimization, and leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
• Working knowledge of product development methods and quality tools, including FMEA, APQP, inspection and measurement systems, PPAP elements such as MSA, Gauge R&R, SPC, and GD&T.
• Working knowledge of precision mechanical, composite, motor, and/or PCBA and cable-harness manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read and clarify technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and Statements of Work describing quality requirements.
• Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution systems, Configuration Management, and Document Control/Data Management.
• Extreme ownership mindset and demonstrated ability to drive projects from start to completion.
• Analytical skills and experience with data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools such as MatLab, JMP, or MiniTab.
• Eligible to obtain and/or maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a technical engineering discipline.
• Contractual knowledge of ITAR and EAR applications related to product technicalities.
• Experience in design, integration, or test of sensors, cameras, or gimbals.
• Experience recruiting, hiring, and developing a team of engineers and specialists.
• At least 8 years of experience developing quality systems for high-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environments.
• Working knowledge of AS9100- or ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with IPC standards and mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation programs.
• Experience with government contracts and military standard requirements.
• Experience with Teamcenter/PLM, Oracle, warehouse management, non-conformance management systems, and Atlassian workflow tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Test, and Supply Chain leaders and execute the Product Development Process to meet gate readiness review criteria, from early prototype testing through full-rate production.
• Lead product development, production quality, supplier quality, and related functions supporting efficient NPI and production delivery of Bolt to customers.
• Manage a team driving continuous improvement and failure-mode elimination during development and production, including part- and system-level production readiness and support for customer and deployment quality issues.
• Own supplier quality engineering resources and programs for supplier quality control and development, supplier-part qualification, and risk management.
• Lead quality control processes, frameworks, and execution, including inspection methods and tooling, in collaboration with systems design partners and quality control teams.
• Set daily and weekly priorities for quality teams and promote consistent adoption of quality tools and processes.
• Drive production readiness through design reviews, process development, verification and validation, and qualification of processes and parts, subassemblies, and system deployments.
• Resolve performance ambiguities related to product maturity, process stability, and field performance that affect production quality and reliability goals.
• Drive incoming, in-process, and end-of-line quality performance.
• Reduce process-related quality and reliability risks across the product lifecycle.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action, Non-Conformance Review, Corrective and Preventive Action, and Material Review Board activities; assess action effectiveness and share lessons learned.
• Lead cross-functional Corrective Action Board alignment and ownership of investigations and resolutions for design, integration, process, and supply-chain quality issues.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities; establish quality metrics and indicators that predict performance, and drive action when performance is out of goal or specification.
• Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System and define and improve required documentation and activities.
• Develop strategies and resource plans with production, program management, deployments, sourcing, and chief engineers and architects to meet customer and product requirements.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as comprehensive and competitive and available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager