Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Anduril • Irvine, CA

19h

About The Position

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer on the Sentry products team, you will work across internal teams and suppliers to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high-quality, reliable products for Anduril's Sentry autonomous surveillance systems. You will support the quality, reliability, and performance of components and sub-assemblies across PCBA, structures and power, radar, and imaging commodity families. The role requires knowledge of manufacturing across multiple commodity types, supply management, supplier development, sub-system performance criteria and metrology, and continuous improvement. You will build quality processes, work hands-on, and be accountable for supplier and product results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a similar technical field; Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware across one or more of 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 methodologies and quality practices, including FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements such as MSA, AIAG quality improvement techniques, and GD&T.
• 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.
• Must be able to travel up to 30–50% 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, including IPC-A-610 and 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 in partnership with the Sentry product engineering team, including design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification of components and sub-assemblies.
• Review supplier processes and capabilities to ensure alignment with product, part, and sub-assembly requirements.
• Provide technical expertise for 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 to development and production programs, and manage exceptions, containments, and deviations related to supplier technical performance.
• Analyze key and critical characteristics on 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 performance for cost, quality, delivery, and strategic goals across the four commodity families.
• Own the elimination of supplier risk and improve quality and reliability across the 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 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 related to quality management and compliance.

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, described as a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

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