Senior QMS Engineer

The role

The Senior QMS Engineer will own and advance the quality management system for Battlespace Awareness. This role involves managing internal and supplier audits, driving continuous improvement, and supporting product quality through inspections and investigations.

What you will do

• Own the BA quality management system and top-level processes
• Serve as primary QMS process owner supporting the management representative
• Lead QMS planning including quality objectives and risk management
• Own the internal audit program end to end
• Own the supplier and external provider audit program
• Support first article inspection, nonconforming material, and field escapes
• Manage the registrar relationship and full certification cycle
• Own quality KPIs and build reporting dashboards
• Run recurring 6S and FOD audits on the production floor
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing
• Deep working knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment (AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015)
• Trained AS9100D internal auditor, or able to complete certification within 90 days of hire
• Demonstrated ownership of a corrective action system
• Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations in a company-wide audit
• Knowledge of ERP, PLM, and BI systems
• Experience working with DCMA, DFARs, and other government and defense programs and requirements
• Experience with ESD, FOD, and counterfeit programs
• Working knowledge of tools like GIDEP, FAR, ASSIST
• Strong ownership mindset
• U.S. Person status is required

Nice to have

• Certification as an AS9100 lead auditor
• One or more American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications: CQE, CRE, CMQ/OE, CQA
• Product-side quality experience (AS9102, MRB, PFMEA, control plans, or field failure investigation)
• Experience with low volume, highly complex manufacturing
• Experience harmonizing an acquired site’s QMS into a parent company’s system

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status is required to access export controlled data
• Expected travel 20% of the time
• Transcripts are requested as part of the early application process

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.