Senior Product Quality Engineer

The role

You will provide quality oversight and support during aircraft maintenance, ground testing, and flight testing. You will manage quality assurance activities and drive improvements in the aircraft integration process in Victorville, CA.

What you will do

• Provide quality oversight during aircraft maintenance, ground testing, and flight testing.
• Monitor flight test activities for adherence to quality standards, safety protocols, and technical procedures.
• Conduct pre-flight checks and audits to verify readiness of systems, structures, and components.
• Develop and execute inspection systems for flight test and operational support.
• Lead RCCA initiatives targeting issues in test, maintenance, and sustainment.
• Address in-field non-conformance issues and resolve defects impacting operational readiness.
• Partner with test engineers, field operations teams, and pilots to resolve technical and quality issues.
• Evaluate system and process performance within operational environments.
• Provide real-time technical and quality support during flight testing.
• Drive continuous improvement of flight test processes, testing protocols, and operator procedures.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field
• 5+ years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, flight test, sustainment, or Engineering roles with direct involvement in aircraft testing activities
• Strong working knowledge of aviation systems, subsystems integration, and mechanical/electrical manufacturing processes
• Familiarity with flight-test processes, operational readiness requirements, and troubleshooting under time constraints
• Experience working directly with DCMA and military customers from enlisted to senior officers
• Knowledge of government regulations affecting aviation systems, defense contracts, and flight certification
• Experience with quality management of complex systems such as propulsion, flight controls, avionics, mission systems, fuel, hydraulics, and structural components
• Hands-on experience with pre-flight and post-flight inspection guidelines, quality audits, and troubleshooting processes
• Expertise in product quality methodologies such as FMEA, APQP, and FAI
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) applied to aerospace systems
• Experience working with measurement tools
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• 7+ years of experience with military aircraft flight test operations, quality systems, or production processes
• Working knowledge of AS9100, AS6500, and ISO 9001-based quality management systems
• Familiarity with IPC standards for electronics and MIL standards for aerial vehicle integration
• Experience with Manufacturing Readiness Levels
• Hands-on experience using Teamcenter, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, and manufacturing execution systems

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct 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.