Senior Quality Specialist - Core Tech

We are looking for a Quality Engineering Specialist to join our team at Anduril. This Quality Specialist is a professional who is responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the final products in order to meet established quality standards. They are a highly motivated team players who is willing to support a fast paced team environment with strong ownership in successful execution of their statements of work.

• ◆Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
• ◆Be fully imbedded within manufacturing process to actively assist in providing resolution, containment, and improvement to nonconforming materials
• ◆Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback
• ◆Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors
• ◆Lead and own the execution of containment of nonconforming items including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts
• ◆Assist in the root cause analysis
• ◆Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions and ensure the investigative tasks are completed in a timely manner
• ◆Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process
• ◆Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements
• ◆Track and report out MRB metrics on a weekly basis
• ◆Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers.
• ◆Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability.
• ◆Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers
• ◆Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process.
• ◆Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers
• ◆Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Anduril's quality policy.
• ◆Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer
• ◆Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality.
• ◆Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process

• ✓Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant fields, or equivalent experience in lieu of education .
• ✓5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or a quality/engineering related role
• ✓Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting HW development and quality management
• ✓Proficiency with computer-aided design (CAD) software and inspection data management software.
• ✓Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• ✓Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• ✓Experience with Calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm, OMM, etc.)
• ✓Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD)
• ✓Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments.
• ✓Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc.
• ✓Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard
• ✓Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components
• ✓Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross functional teams
• ✓Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance

• ✓Technical or Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field
• ✓Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report for internal manufacturing
• ✓ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification
• ✓Existing work experience is low rate production manufacturing environment
• ✓Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• ✓Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components (Power Supplies, PCBs, wire-harnesses)
• ✓Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems (Jira, MES, ERP, Teamcenter, CAD)
• ✓Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment
• ✓Detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight - strong ability to communicate with different cross functional teams

US Hourly Range

$47.60 — $62.50 USD

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