Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Irvine · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 146,000-194,000 · 5-7 years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5-7 years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Irvine · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 146,000-194,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer on the Sentry products team, you will work inside and outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality and reliable products for Anduril's Sentry autonomous surveillance systems.
- You will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, quality, and performance of components and sub-assemblies across Sentry's core commodity families—PCBA, structures and power, radar, and imaging—that enable Sentry to operate in demanding field environments.
Responsibilities
- Drive the supplier quality development processes throughout the product development stages with the Sentry product engineering team through design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for components and sub-assemblies across Sentry's commodity families.
- Provide technical expertise for manufacturing and outsourcing processes across commodities, including printed circuit board assemblies, structural and power systems, radar modules, and imaging sensor assemblies.
- Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, and program management to deliver predictable supply to Sentry development programs and production programs, and manage exceptions, containments, and deviations for supplier technical performance.
- Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key and critical characteristics for drawings, schematics, and supplier specifications, develop measurement systems and inspection criteria, and lead supplier qualification activities.
- Partner with Category Management and Sourcing Engineering to drive overall supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery, and fulfillment of strategic goals across all four commodity families.
- Own the elimination of supplier risk to improve quality and reliability across the Sentry product lifecycle, from early prototyping through scaled production.
- Work cross-functionally to define and execute the technology/vendor capability roadmap and delivery schedules needed for future Sentry variants, proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and explorations.
- Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities, review supplier effectiveness of actions, share lessons learned, and drive the supplier corrective action and response (SCAR) process.
- Audit the Quality Management System at our suppliers as it pertains to supplier quality and performance, and define and improve required documentation to ensure compliance to customer flow-down requirements.
- Prepare, support, and lead supplier onsite audits and reviews for contract deliverables for quality management and compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar technical field (Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred)
- Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality in aerospace/defense or similar hardware across one or more of the following commodities: PCBA, structures and power, radar, or imaging
- Experience driving high quality assembly and/or disassembly of complex projects and mechanical or electronic structures through developing drawings, schematics, and work instructions with other engineering functions
- Experience with driving supplier performance and evaluation, Statement of Work (SOW), quality clauses, intellectual property (IP), and government regulations such as ITAR
- Working knowledge of product development methodologies such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements, AIAG quality improvement techniques, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion
- Analytical skills and experience with data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
- Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in a technical field
- 5–7 years of experience with developing quality systems for low volume, high complexity manufacturing environments and suppliers
- Experience across multiple Sentry commodity families (PCBA, structures and power, radar, imaging)
- Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001) and AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements
- Experience with government contracts and MIL standard requirements
- Experience with Teamcenter, SolidWorks, Oracle/Netsuite, Jira, Tableau, and Foundry
Benefits
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- MatLab
- JMP
- MiniTab
- Teamcenter
- SolidWorks
- Oracle/Netsuite
- Jira
- Tableau
- Foundry
- GD&T
