Senior Product Quality Engineer - Sentry

Anduril • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Product Quality Engineer works across internal and external teams to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high-quality, reliable products. The role focuses on Tower/Sentry products at various stages of development and production, applying knowledge of manufacturing, product development, subsystem performance criteria, inspection, and continuous improvement.

The engineer drives quality throughout the product lifecycle, from concept and development through manufacturing and field use. This includes product and process development, verification, validation, qualification, requirements management, risk reduction, quality performance analysis, and support for the Quality Management System. The role leads Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities and helps ensure reliable quality performance in a low-rate, high-complexity manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a similar technical field.
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality for an integrated hardware and software product.
• Working knowledge of design review and quality management for PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power systems, radar, vision systems or optical image capture, networking or communication protocols, and remote management systems.
• Experience driving product quality and performance requirements into testing and measurement for system development and optimization.
• Experience leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies, including Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management and Document Control.
• Strong 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.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a technical field.
• 5–7 years of experience developing quality systems for low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environments and suppliers.
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with IPC standards and mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation.
• Experience with government contracts and military standard requirements.
• Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Drive product development quality for Sentry products and variants through detailed design reviews, process development, and verification, validation, and qualification of processes, parts, subassemblies, and system deployments.
• Resolve ambiguities related to product maturity, process stability, and field performance that affect quality and reliability goals for volume production.
• Drive sustainable and predictable quality performance across low-rate, high-complexity manufacturing processes and supply chains.
• Eliminate product risks and improve reliability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
• Ensure execution of product and process requirements, and define and improve those requirements.
• 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.
• Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities.
• Establish metrics for measuring quality and factors that predict quality performance.
• Drive performance improvements when out-of-goal or out-of-specification conditions occur.
• Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System.
• Define and improve required documentation and activities.
• Support investigations, initiatives, and projects at the team or organizational level.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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