Product Quality Engineer - Field Operations

The role

The Product Quality Engineer - Field Operations ensures manufactured products meet engineering specifications, contractual requirements, and regulatory standards. You will deploy to operational sites to run in-field inspections and root cause investigations.

What you will do

• Lead product inspection, verification and acceptance through the manufacturing process.
• Own inspection plans, quality control procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse production quality data such as defect rates, yield and SPC trends.
• Deploy to operational and trial sites to carry out quality assessments and failure investigations.
• Act as the on-site quality representative during integration, test and acceptance events.
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations using 8D, Ishikawa and 5 Why analysis.
• Maintain the field quality feedback loop.
• Support the sustainment team across the deployed fleet.
• Support the Quality Management System in line with AS9100, AS/NZS ISO 9001 or equivalent.
• Author and revise quality procedures, work instructions and inspection records.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, mechatronic, aerospace or related)
• Minimum of five years in product quality, quality engineering or quality assurance within a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated quality work in field or operational environments
• Able to personally lead root cause investigations using 8D, 5 Why and Ishikawa
• Supported by statistical tools such as SPC, Pareto and capability analysis
• Lean Six Sigma qualification, Green Belt or above
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T and technical specifications
• Able to work to AS9100 or AS/NZS ISO 9001
• Clear investigation reporting
• Willing and able to travel up to 50%, including to remote or austere sites, with occasional overnight stays
• Australian citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, aerospace, maritime or another highly regulated manufacturing industry, including former ADF service
• A current Australian Government security clearance (Baseline, NV1 or NV2)
• Hands-on experience with CMM, optical measurement or other metrology equipment
• Experience with sampling standards such as AS/NZS ISO 2859-1
• Experience with PLM, MES or ERP-based quality modules such as SAP QM, Windchill or Arena
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Certified Quality Auditor, or equivalent

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Only Australian citizens are eligible
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government 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.