Manager, Product Quality Engineering
Santa Ana · Santa Ana, CA (OC-54) · USD 146,000-194,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 23, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Santa Ana · Santa Ana, CA (OC-54)
- Salary
- USD 146,000-194,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As the Manager of Product Quality Engineering you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists who will work inside & outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality & reliable products.
- Your leadership will impact how Anduril delivers production quality and sustaining support for a portfolio of products that support Intelligence Systems.
- You will build partnerships with heads of production, manufacturing engineering, program management, deployments, sourcing and multiple engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Test, and Supply Chain leadership teams and execute to Product Development Process (PDP) to meet all gate readiness review criteria engaging from early prototype testing to full rate production.
- Be the voice and leader for product development, production quality, supplier quality, and all the functions that contribute to an efficient and effective NPI/production process and delivery of product to Anduril customers.
- Lead & manage a team to champion continuous improvement and failure mode elimination in the development & production phases, driving part and system level quality readiness for production scaling, and supporting customer / deployment quality issues.
- Own and utilize Supplier Quality Engineering resources to own and track supplier quality control and development program for the product(s) as well as supplier part qualification and risk management programs.
- Own and lead Quality Control process, frame work, and execution starting from detailed engineering requirements and risks all the way to managing inspection methods and tooling by collaborating with systems design partners and providing leadership and prioritization to quality control teams.
- Set daily and weekly priorities for the quality teams and establish culture of best-in-class product quality by driving the adoption and consistent use of quality tools and processes.
- Drive production readiness by detailed design reviews, process development, verification/validation, and qualification of processes and parts, sub-assembly, and system deployments.
- Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Non-Conformance Reviews (NCRs), Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and Material Review Board (MRB) activities.
- Lead product health data analysis and improvement activities, establishing metrics for measuring quality and the factors that predict quality performance.
- Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System needed to support the process and product.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in a technical Engineering discipline
- Minimum 5+ years of experience leading organizations including teams of direct report engineers to address NPI and production execution and quality issues
- Minimum total of 10+ combined years of experience working in technical/engineering disciplines related to product quality/engineering as an individual contributor engineer or working engineering manager
- Working knowledge of design review and quality management of PCBA, harnessing, mechanical structures, systems integration, power/battery systems, radar, vision system/optical image capture, networking/communication protocol, and remote management systems
- Experience driving product quality and performance requirements to test and measurement system development and optimization
- Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Inspection & measurement systems, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Working knowledge of precision mechanicals, composites, motors, and/or PCBA and Cable harnessing manufacturing processes
- Ability to read and drive clarity for technical drawings, requirements, Quality Clauses, and SOWs used to describe quality requirements
- Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution systems, Configuration Management and Document Control/Data Management
- Eligible to obtain and/or maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- Masters degree in a technical engineering discipline
- Contractual knowledge in ITAR and EAR applications regarding product technicalities
- Experience in design/integration/test of sensors/cameras/gimbals
- Experience recruiting, hiring, and developing a team of engineers and specialists
- 8+ years of experience with developing quality systems for high volume, high complexity manufacturing environments
- Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements
- Experience with IPC standards, mastery of ESD and FOD prevention and mitigation programs
- Experience with government contracts and military standard requirements
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- MatLab
- JMP
- MiniTab
- Teamcenter/PLM
- Oracle
- FMEA
- APQP
- PPAP
- MSA
- GR&R
- SPC
- GD&T
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- AS9100
- ISO 9001
- IPC Standards
