2027 Early Career Quality Engineer
Ashville · Costa Mesa · Irvine · Quonset · Santa Ana · Ashville, OH (Arsenal 1) · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · Irvine, CA (OC-62) · Quonset, RI (QRI-01) · Santa Ana, CA (OC-21) · USD 90,000-112,000 · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Ashville · Costa Mesa · Irvine · Quonset · Santa Ana · Ashville, OH (Arsenal 1) · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · Irvine, CA (OC-62) · Quonset, RI (QRI-01) · Santa Ana, CA (OC-21)
- Salary
- USD 90,000-112,000 · Base salary
About the role
- Anduril Industries is seeking an Early Career Quality Engineer to join in 2027.
- The role involves owning a portion of the production quality support process and conducting data analysis to identify trends and patterns in product quality.
Responsibilities
- Own a portion of the production quality support process for a certain product or set of products.
- Conduct data analysis and data mining to identify trends and patterns in product quality.
- Develop and maintain KPIs & OKR metrics to track product quality and identify areas for improvement and drive improvement through a cross-functional team.
- Lead a project that transforms an element of the quality engineering team – a process, new inspection method, or complex data analytic method(s).
- Support Anduril’s quality management system and manage changes to documentation and training at the conclusion of the project.
- Write documentation required for successful quality management for hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
- Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building and measuring prototype hardware.
- Possibly travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing or have recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
- Able to start full time in 2027.
Preferred qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to creatively problem-solve issues related to electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
- Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills
- Personal experience with inspection systems, data analysis, numeric methods, MATLAB or other software packages
- A genuine interest in data analysis, process improvement, and thirst for learning
- Previous experience leading project and working with data collection, analysis, and driving improvements
- Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
- Software scripting experience in any language
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- MATLAB
