Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Precision Mechanical

The role

You will define, develop, and execute processes to deliver high quality and reliable precision machined parts for missile and high-speed aircraft programs. You will collaborate with design teams and suppliers to meet quality requirements and manage technical risks.

What you will do

• Partner with design teams to support design development and provide design for manufacturability feedback
• Support internal design process and ideation using knowledge of machining, molding, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, and inspection
• Manage technical risks, proof of concepts, prototyping, and scaling designs for volume production
• Drive supplier quality development processes through design reviews, testing, and qualification
• Review supplier processes and capabilities to ensure alignment to requirements
• Partner with various engineering and management teams to deliver predictable supply
• Drive supplier quality readiness through measurement systems and qualification activities like PPAP, FAIR, and Audit
• Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing and Product Sourcing Engineering to drive supplier performance
• Own the elimination of supplier risk through audits, readiness reviews, and training
• Support Root Cause and Corrective Action and Material Review Board activities

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field
• Experience with producing precision mechanical parts for aerospace or defense
• Experience in scaling supplier capabilities from prototype to high rate production
• Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements
• Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 Industry Standard
• Experience with driving supplier performance and evaluation
• Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as FMEA, APQP, and PPAP
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Strong ownership mindset with capability to drive projects from start to completion
• Analytical skills for data mining, metrics generation, and statistical analysis tools
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations

Nice to have

• Experience performing source inspection at mechanical manufacturing suppliers, aerospace and defense suppliers
• Experience flowing down Source Control requirements to Suppliers
• AS9100 Lead / Internal Auditor Certification or equivalent
• Master’s degree in a technical field
• Experience in creating material and process specifications
• Experience with managing special processes including heat treatment, polishing, anodize, coating and paint
• Process Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (PFMEA) experience
• Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements
• Experience with Teamcenter, NX, Oracle/Netsuite, Jira, and Foundry

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.