Radar Quality Systems Engineer

Anduril • Fort Collins, CO

17h

About The Position

Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Radar Quality Systems Engineer to own and advance the quality management system (QMS) for Battlespace Awareness (BA). The team works with customers, internal teams, and suppliers to ensure reliable products meet mission requirements while developing scalable, long-term quality processes. BA operates an ISO 9001-certified QMS and is transitioning to AS9100; this role will help improve and harmonize the system with Anduril’s enterprise QMS.

The role is the primary point of contact for the QMS with auditors, customers, and the production floor. It combines quality systems ownership with hands-on product quality activities, including supplier and special-process oversight, first article inspection, nonconforming material and MRB disposition, and investigation of field escapes. The successful candidate will shape procedures, metrics, and quality culture, and may grow toward Product Quality Engineering or bring product-side experience while building systems depth.

The position includes ownership of QMS processes, audits, certification activities, supplier quality auditing, reporting and quality KPIs, production-floor programs, document and record control, training, and continuous improvement. The role partners with product quality, manufacturing engineering, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Production, and Operations, including during new product development and manufacturing readiness. Expected travel is 20% of the time. U.S. Person status is required because the position requires access to export-controlled data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4–7 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing.
• Deep working knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment, specifically AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015; equivalent depth in AS9110C, AS9120B, IATF 16949, or ISO 13485 will be considered.
• Trained AS9100D internal auditor, or able to complete certification within 90 days of hire.
• Demonstrated ownership of a corrective action system, beyond participation in individual investigations.
• Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations involved in a company-wide audit.
• Knowledge of ERP, PLM, and BI systems, and ability to build quality reporting from them.
• Experience working with DCMA, DFARS, and other government and defense programs and requirements.
• Experience with ESD, FOD, and counterfeit programs, and working knowledge of tools such as GIDEP, FAR, and ASSIST.
• Strong ownership mindset and demonstrated ability to drive projects from start to completion.
• Proven track record of implementing QMS and achieving success.
• U.S. Person status is required because the position needs access to export-controlled data.
• Expected travel of 20%.

Nice To Haves

• Certification as an AS9100 lead auditor.
• One or more ASQ certifications, such as CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, or CQA.
• Product-side quality experience, such as first article inspection (AS9102), MRB, PFMEA, control plans, or field failure investigation, or a clear interest in growing into product quality.
• Experience with low-volume, highly complex manufacturing.
• Experience harmonizing an acquired site’s QMS into a parent company’s system.

Responsibilities

• Own the BA quality management system and top-level processes, keeping procedures, work instructions, and records current, compliant, and used.
• Serve as the primary QMS process owner supporting the designated management representative under AS9100D §5.3.
• Lead QMS planning, including quality objectives, risk and opportunity management, and the Management Review cycle; prepare inputs, run reviews, track outputs, and close actions.
• Own the internal audit program, including the annual schedule, auditor qualification and scheduling, auditor independence, audit execution, and verified closure of findings.
• Own the supplier and external provider audit program under AS9100D §8.4; maintain risk-based audit schedules, qualify and re-qualify suppliers, conduct remote and on-site audits, and drive supplier corrective actions to closure.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Supplier Quality on supplier selection, approved supplier list maintenance, and performance escalation.
• Support first article inspection (AS9102), nonconforming material and MRB disposition, and field escape investigations with Product Quality Engineering.
• Manage the registrar relationship and certification cycle, including surveillance and recertification scheduling, scope changes, and timely responses to nonconformities.
• Coordinate and participate in customer audits and prepare responses.
• Define and own BA quality KPIs, report them monthly to site and division leadership, investigate adverse trends, and drive improvement actions.
• Build dashboards and reporting to make quality performance visible without manual assembly.
• Conduct recurring 6S and FOD audits on the production floor; score and trend results and close findings with Production and Operations.
• Maintain ESD and counterfeit parts prevention programs under AS9100D §8.1.4.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action for internal findings from audits and customer visits.
• Own document and record control, including procedure hierarchy, revision control, approval routing, and retention under AS9100D §7.5.
• Develop and deliver QMS training packages and maintain training records with affected personnel’s managers.
• Partner with product quality and manufacturing engineers during new product development to prepare products and sites for QMS requirements, develop capabilities, and conduct internal audits before manufacturing and production readiness reviews.
• Develop the internal QMS roadmap for tools and capabilities as the company scales, including harmonizing BA’s QMS with Anduril enterprise procedures.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities benefiting the QMS and product quality.
• Support investigations, initiatives, and projects at the team or organization level as needed.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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