Senior Quality Systems Engineer, Battlespace Awareness

Anduril • Fort Collins, CO

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About The Position

Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Senior Quality Systems Engineer to own and advance the quality management system (QMS) for Battlespace Awareness (BA). The role supports deployment of reliable products that meet mission requirements, strengthens continuous improvement, and harmonizes BA’s certified ISO 9001 system with Anduril’s enterprise QMS as the organization transitions to AS9100. The engineer serves as the face of the QMS to auditors, customers, and the production floor, and combines systems ownership with hands-on product quality work, including supplier and special-process oversight, first article inspection, nonconforming material and MRB, and investigation of field escapes. The role may support growth toward Product Quality Engineering or provide systems development for someone with product-side experience.

The position owns BA’s QMS and top-level processes, including QMS planning, management review, internal and supplier audits, registrar and customer audit coordination, quality KPIs and reporting, production-floor 6S and FOD audits, ESD and counterfeit-parts prevention programs, corrective action, and document and record control. It also supports new product and site readiness, training, QMS harmonization, and continuous improvement. The position requires a bachelor’s degree, at least eight years of aerospace and/or defense manufacturing experience, relevant QMS knowledge, and U.S. Person status to access export-controlled data. Expected travel is 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 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 ability 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 to access export-controlled data.
• Expected travel of 20% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Certification as an AS9100 lead auditor.
• One or more ASQ certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, or CQA.
• Product-side quality experience, including first article inspection (AS9102), MRB, PFMEA, control plans, or field failure investigation, or a clear interest in growing into product-side 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 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 audit schedule, auditor qualification and scheduling, auditor independence, 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 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 report BA quality KPIs 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 production-floor 6S and FOD audits; 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 managers of affected personnel.
• Partner with product quality and manufacturing engineers during new product development to prepare products and sites to meet QMS requirements, develop capabilities, and conduct internal audits before manufacturing and production readiness reviews.
• Develop an internal QMS roadmap for tools and capabilities as the company scales, including harmonization of BA’s QMS with 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 package, 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