Senior Product Quality Engineer - Altius

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE SITE Anduril is a leader in autonomous systems and weapons manufacturing, is building Arsenal-1, its first hyperscale manufacturing facility, just south of Columbus, Ohio in Pickaway County. Arsenal-1 is redefining the scale and speed that autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners. This is a monumental and essential step toward rebuilding America’s defense industrial base, strengthening America’s warfighting capabilities, and enhancing deterrence amid rising international threats. ABOUT THE TEAM The Launched Effects team at Anduril is responsible for scaling the manufacturing and delivery of the ALTIUS family of systems (including the ALTIUS-600 and ALTIUS-700). As the premier Air-Launched Effects (ALE) platform for the U.S. military and its allies, ALTIUS is redefining modern warfare. These tube-launched, autonomous aerial systems must be built to survive extreme deployment environments, requiring precision manufacturing of advanced composites, complex avionics, and modular payload integrations for ISR, Electronic Warfare, and kinetic strike capabilities. As part of the Launched Effects manufacturing team, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge R&D and high-rate production. We are a fast-moving, mission-driven group of manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, and production operations experts who refuse to accept traditional, slow defense manufacturing timelines. If you want to work on a team where your production and manufacturing decisions directly impact global security, this is it. ABOUT THE JOB As the Senior Product Quality Engineer you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products. Your leadership will impact how Anduril designs, develops, and release to production for Altius product team. You will build partnerships with heads of production, program management, deployments, sourcing and multiple engineering teams. The right person for this role has knowledge of manufacturing, product development, sub-system performance criteria and metrology, and leadership experience to contribute to Anduril's mission. This position is permanently based in Ashville, OH, and requires candidates to temporarily relocate for a comprehensive 3-month training program: 1 month in Santa Ana, CA, followed by 2 months (approximately) in Atlanta, GA. To support your transition, Anduril will fully provide and cover all corporate housing, transportation, and travel accommodations during this training period. Your recruiter will discuss the logistics of this program with you in detail during the hiring process WHAT YOU’LL DO • Drive product development and production for Altius programs using processes such as drawing and work instruction reviews, quality planning, inspection, acceptance test performance management, end-of-line metrics, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assemblies, and the vehicle, itself. • Drive clarity & resolution for production ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance. • Champion the transition from new product introduction (NPI) to a sustainable & predictable, high rate manufacturing process, supply chain, and deployment support. • Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. • Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements. • Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and inspection process performance. 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 the factors that predict quality performance. • Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System. Define and improve required documentation and activities. • Develop an overall quality plan (similar to APQP) for various projects. Leverage resources and direct reports to delivery quality through the development cycle. Design, development, and leverage elements of the Anduril QMS to build confidence and containment for customers quality expectations. Set expectations for qualification of internal and external manufacturing processes including measurement methods, PPAP/FAI, inspection methods & test protocol & acceptance test plans for programs. Lead the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage. • Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities for the Altius projects. • Matrix lead supplier quality engineers who are supporting the design and development activities with the suppliers for Roadrunner programs. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field • Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality on high velocity vehicle systems. • Working knowledge of design review and quality management of systems, PCBA, harnessing, avionics, systems integration, composites/control surfaces, propulsion systems, and lethality systems. • Experience driving product quality and performance r