Quality Specialist- Clearance
Anduril Industries · Ashville, OH
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Ashville, OH. Also, as a quality specialist, they are responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the final product quality standard.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, GD&T, ISO 9001, IATF 16949
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $90k–$130k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 46 quality engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 45 other live quality postings in Ohio.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- ✓ ISO 9001 54%
- ✓ Supplier quality 50%
- PPAP 50%
- FMEA 39%
- APQP 37%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for MES, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
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This plant: Anduril Industries in Ashville
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Full description from Anduril IndustriesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Required qualifications
- ✓Associate degree or equivalent in a related field, or equivalent experience
- ✓5+ years of experience in metrology inspection or quality role
- ✓Experience with production support and quality management
- ✓Proficiency with ERP/MES 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.)
- ✓Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- ✓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
- ✓Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Technical or Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field
- ✓ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification
- ✓Knowledge of 6 sigma, TQM, TPS, Lean, Low R
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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 team
Intelligence Systems is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.
About the job
We are looking for a Quality Specialist to join our Product Quality Team in Ashville, Ohio . This Quality Specialist is a professional who is responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the incoming inspection process to meet quality standards. They are a highly motivated team player who is willing to support a fast paced team environment. They will partner across the organization and help prioritize process and product quality issues that impact the effectiveness of the incoming materials inspection process as well as provide support for end of line supplier inspection. Also, as a quality specialist, they are responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve the final product quality standard. This role will focus on both product quality issues as well as process issues that impact efficiencies and completeness of of the inspection operations.
What you’ll do
- •Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
- •Inspect to verify non-conforming parts at Santa Ana Site and at Supplier Sites as assigned
- •Partner with Site Supplier Quality Engineering Organization to support Supplier Quality Control
- •Assist in the root cause analysis
- •Assist in the dispositioning of non-conforming material and ensure the tasks are completed in a timely manner
- •Manage internal re-work to support dispositions
- •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
- •Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers
- •Perform Verification of First Article Inspection (FAI) on incoming material and coordinate acceptance of FAI data submitted by 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. Execute inspection as needed
- •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
- •Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality
This position is permanently based in Ashville, OH , and requires candidates to temporarily relocate for a comprehensive 2-month training program in Santa Ana, CA . 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
