Senior Systems Quality Engineer

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. Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Senior Quality System Engineer to join our team and lead our future opportunities for our internal quality management system. The Quality team works with our customers, internal teams, and suppliers to ensure the deployment of reliable products that meet all mission requirements. We develop cutting-edge Quality processes and methods to secure scalable, long-term business success. As a Senior Quality Systems Engineer you will work inside and outside the organization to define and execute scalable processes that deliver reliable products. You will be the face of our quality management system. The right person for this role has extensive knowledge in Quality Management System (QMS) standards, data analysis, and continuous improvement to help shape our internal systems, tools, procedures and the culture of quality at Anduril. If you are someone who loves to build world-class Quality processes, work hands-on, help others succeed on the quality journey, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you. WHAT YOU'LL DO Develop, lead, and manage the execution of the QMS and its top-level processes. Coordinate resources and prioritization of tasks to complete internal and external audits of the QMS. Partner with product quality engineers during the new product development phase to help prepare new products & sites to meet QMS requirements, develop new capabilities to meet existing QMS requirements and conduct internal audit before manufacturing readiness review and production readiness review. Develop our internal QMS road map for tools and capabilities to match the scaling of the company: to meet customer needs, to enable quality capabilities for our new products, and scale quality processes as we grow the company. Become a systems expert for Anduril’s quality tool, processes, and data sets to enable effective QMS execution. Define and improve required documentation and activities. Work across the organization to define and execute requirements. Communicate with external audit agencies. Support customer audits as necessary. Manage the QMS internal auditor process and participate as an internal auditor. Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities that benefit the QMS and product quality. Support investigations, initiatives, and projects as needed, at the team or organization level. Support developing QMS training modules and packages. Facilitate training records and retention with manager of affected trainees. Driving root cause analysis and corrective action with internal findings from audits and customer visits. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing Expert knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment, in one or more of the following QMS standards: ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, AS9110C, AS9120B, AS6500, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 13485:2016, TL 9000 R6.3. Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations that are part of a company wide audit Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Business Intelligence (BI) systems. Experience communicating with all levels of the organization and external parties. Experience working with DCMA, DFARs, and other government and defense programs and requirements. Experience with ESD, FOD, and counterfeit programs as well as working knowledge of tools like GIDEP, FAR, ASSIST. A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion. Proven track record of implementation and success with QMS. U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data. Expected travel 10% of the time. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Certification as an AS9100 aerospace auditor / lead auditor certification One or more American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, CQA Experience with low volume, high complex manufacturing. Experience working with mergers and acquisition and onboarding teams and managing/supporting remote site QMS

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