Senior Quality Compliance Engineer

Anduril • Fort Collins, CO

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About The Position

Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Senior Quality Compliance Engineer to own and advance the quality management system (QMS) for Battlespace Awareness (BA). The role will maintain and improve BA’s certified ISO 9001 system while helping transition it to AS9100 and harmonize it with Anduril’s enterprise QMS. It serves as a primary point of contact for auditors, customers, and production teams, and combines QMS ownership with hands-on product-quality work, including supplier and special-process oversight, first article inspection, nonconforming material and MRB, and field escapes. The role may suit someone seeking to grow toward Product Quality Engineering or a product-quality professional looking to deepen systems expertise.

The engineer will own QMS processes, audits, certification activities, quality metrics, documentation, training, and continuous improvement. They will collaborate with Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Product Quality Engineering, manufacturing, Production, and Operations to improve quality in products and processes, prepare new products and sites for QMS requirements, and support manufacturing readiness. The role also develops BA’s QMS roadmap and supports team- and organization-level initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 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 QMS implementation and success.
• U.S. Person status required because the position requires access to export-controlled data.
• Expected travel of 20%.

Nice To Haves

• Certification as an AS9100 lead auditor.
• One or more American Society for Quality certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, or CQA.
• Product-side quality experience, such as first article inspection under 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 BA’s QMS and top-level processes, keeping procedures, work instructions, and records current, compliant, and in use.
• 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 Management Reviews; prepare inputs, conduct reviews, track outputs, and close actions.
• Own the internal audit program, including the annual audit schedule, auditor qualification and scheduling, auditor independence, execution, and verified closure of findings.
• Own the supplier and external provider audit program under AS9100D §8.4, including risk-based scheduling, qualification and re-qualification surveys, on-site and remote audits, and supplier corrective actions.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Supplier Quality on supplier selection, approved supplier list maintenance, and performance escalation.
• Support first article inspection under AS9102, nonconforming material and MRB disposition, and investigation of field escapes in partnership with Product Quality Engineering.
• Manage the registrar relationship and certification cycle, including surveillance and recertification scheduling, scope changes, and timely nonconformity responses.
• Coordinate and participate in customer audits and responses.
• Define and own BA quality KPIs; report monthly to site and division leadership, investigate adverse trends, and drive improvement actions.
• Build dashboards and reporting that make quality performance visible without manual assembly.
• Conduct recurring 6S and FOD audits on the production floor, including scoring, trending, and closing 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 managers of affected personnel.
• 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 BA’s internal QMS roadmap for tools and capabilities as the company scales, including harmonization 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.

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: Senior