Senior Product Quality Engineer - Sentry
Anduril Industries · Irvine, CA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Irvine, CA. You will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, MSA / Gage R&R, GD&T
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $100k–$153k.
Median of the low and high ends of 119 live postings that list pay, out of 239 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$149k, from 115 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 76%
- ✓ FMEA 48%
- Supplier quality 43%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 41%
- ✓ AS9100 41%
- ✓ ISO 9001 35%
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This plant: Anduril Industries in Irvine
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Required qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
- ✓Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in a integrated hardware and software product.
- ✓Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power systems, radar, vision system/optical image capture, networking/communication protocol, and remote management systems.
- ✓Experience driving product quality and performance
requirements
to test and measure system development and optimization. Leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage.
- ✓Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- ✓Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
- ✓Ability to read technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and SOWs
- ✓Working knowledge of Configuration Management and Document Control
- ✓A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion.
- ✓Analytical skills and experiences for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc)
- ✓Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Master’s degree in a technical field
- ✓5-7 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complex manufacturing environments and suppliers.
- ✓Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
- ✓Experience with IPC standards, mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation,
- ✓Experience with government contracts and mil standard
requirements
- ✓Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks and Jira
$147,000 — $196,000 USD
Benefits
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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.
As a Senior Product Quality Engineer , you will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products. This role focuses on our Tower/Sentry products which consist of products in various stages of development and production. The right person for this role has knowledge of manufacturing, product development, sub-system performance criteria, inspection and continuous improvement. If you are someone who loves to build world-class quality processes, work hands-on, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you.
What you’ll do
- •Drive product development to achieve quality experience for Sentry products and variants by implementing product making engineering activities like detailed design reviews, process development, verification, validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assy, and system deployments
- •Drive clarity & resolution for development ambiguities associated with product maturity, process stability, and field performance that impact the product meeting it’s quality & reliability goals for volume production.
- •Drive ongoing quality performance in a sustainable & predictable manner for a low rate, high complexity manufacturing process and supply chains.
- •Own the elimination of product risk to improve reliability across the product lifecycle. Engage in quality activities from concept through development and manufacturing to field use.
- •Ensure the execution of product and process requirements. Define and improve such requirements.
- •Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities. 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. Drive performance when out of goal/out of specification conditions occur.
- •Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System. Define and improve required documentation and activities.
- •Support investigations, initiatives, and projects as needed, at the team or organization level.