Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Sentry

Anduril • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer on Anduril’s Sentry products team, you will define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high-quality, reliable components and sub-assemblies for Sentry autonomous surveillance systems. You will work with suppliers and internal teams across PCBA, structures and power, radar, and imaging commodity families, helping ensure products perform reliably in demanding field environments.

The role spans product development through scaled production. You will assess supplier capabilities and processes, establish quality and inspection readiness, manage supplier performance and risk, and collaborate with engineering, quality, sourcing, category management, and program teams. You will also support audits, corrective actions, compliance, and the supplier capabilities and delivery plans needed for future Sentry programs and variants. Travel to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations may be up to 50% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a similar technical field; Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering is preferred.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, or quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware, in one or more of these commodities: PCBA, structures and power, radar, or imaging.
• Experience driving high-quality assembly and/or disassembly of complex projects and mechanical or electronic structures by developing drawings, schematics, and work instructions with other engineering functions.
• Experience driving supplier performance and evaluation.
• Experience with Statements of Work (SOW), quality clauses, intellectual property (IP), and government regulations such as ITAR.
• Working knowledge of product development methods and quality tools, including FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements such as MSA, AIAG quality improvement techniques, and GD&T.
• Demonstrated ownership and 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. security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations.

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.
• Experience across multiple Sentry commodity families: PCBA, structures and power, radar, and imaging.
• Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001) and AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements.
• Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, Oracle/Netsuite, Jira, Tableau, and Foundry.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier quality development throughout product development, including design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for Sentry components and sub-assemblies.
• Review supplier processes and capabilities for alignment with product, part, and sub-assembly requirements.
• Provide technical expertise on manufacturing and outsourcing processes across PCBA, structural and power systems, radar modules, and imaging sensor assemblies.
• Gather supplier data and insights to evaluate manufacturability, quality, cost-efficiency, capability, and audit compliance.
• Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, and program management to deliver predictable supply and manage supplier technical-performance exceptions, containments, and deviations.
• Analyze key and critical characteristics in drawings, schematics, and supplier specifications; develop measurement systems and inspection criteria; and lead supplier qualification activities, including PPAP, FAIR, MSA, audits, inspection development, PFMEA, and AS9102.
• Partner with Category Management and Sourcing Engineering to improve supplier cost, quality, delivery, and fulfillment of strategic goals across the four commodity families.
• Own supplier-risk elimination to improve quality and reliability throughout the Sentry product lifecycle, from early prototyping through scaled production.
• Use audits, readiness reviews, training, and documentation to ensure compliance.
• Work cross-functionally to define and execute technology and vendor capability roadmaps and delivery schedules for future Sentry variants, proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and explorations.
• Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities; review supplier action effectiveness and share lessons learned with the Sentry product team.
• Drive the supplier corrective action and response (SCAR) process.
• Audit supplier Quality Management Systems as they relate to supplier quality and performance.
• Define and improve documentation and activities needed to ensure compliance with customer flow-down requirements.
• Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables, quality management, and compliance.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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