Senior Product Quality Engineer, Core Tech

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

17d • $147,000 - $196,000

About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to improve the reliability of its Electromagnetic Warfare products, with a key focus on PCBA product quality. The Quality team works with customers, internal teams, and suppliers to ensure reliable products meet mission requirements, and develops quality processes and methods that support scalable, long-term business success. The role defines and executes processes across organizational boundaries, covering product concept, development, manufacturing, and field use. It serves as the quality authority for a product line and partners with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, production, program stakeholders, and customers. The role also leads quality investigations and improvement activities, supports production and customer quality needs, improves the Quality Management System, and mentors junior quality engineers and inspectors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience in product quality, manufacturing quality, or reliability engineering for electronic systems or PCBA products.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with design and development of safety-critical circuitry for Ignition Safety Devices (ISD) and Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (ESAD).
• Experience developing and executing quality management strategies for Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA).
• Demonstrated experience with RF and/or electronic systems, particularly PCBA design, development, and sustainment.
• Understanding of Gerber files and schematic reading.
• Experience using electrical instrumentation to assess root cause in PCBAs, such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic probes, and thermal cameras.
• IPC 610/620 and J-STD-001 knowledge and certification.
• Strong working knowledge of product development methodologies, including FMEA, APQP, and GD&T.
• Experience leading RCCA and MRB activities with demonstrated results in defect reduction or yield improvement.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
• Track record in engineering, manufacturing, or quality in aerospace/defense, automotive, medical device, or similar complex hardware.
• Strong ownership mindset and demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional projects from start to completion.
• Ability to obtain and hold a US Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar field.
• Experience with RF test systems, data collection, analysis, and optimization for production control.
• Familiarity with defense, national security, or RF communication systems through industry or education.
• Experience delivering electronic warfare, RF, or electronics products into production.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Own elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle, with a focus on PCBA product quality.
• Lead Quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
• Define, execute, and continuously improve product and process requirements.
• Partner with production to establish and refine incoming material inspection, process control plans, and end-of-line testing for customer shipments.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on product quality requirements and serve as the quality authority for the product line.
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities for critical PCBA and system-level interactions.
• Coach junior engineers on investigation methodology; review action effectiveness and drive lessons learned across the product team and Quality organization.
• Lead containment actions for nonconforming parts on production lines, establish containment protocols, and ensure rapid response across shifts and work centers.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities; define quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting cadences.
• Support customer quality issues, refurbishment testing, and quality control.
• Support change control board activities by identifying quality risks related to engineering changes of production parts and providing data-driven risk assessments for disposition decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement of the Quality Management System, including documentation, processes, and activities; identify systemic gaps and lead initiatives to close them.
• Mentor and develop junior quality engineers and inspectors, and set technical standards and best practices for the product quality team.
• 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 and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

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