Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Intelligence Systems
Reston · Santa Ana · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 146,000-194,000 · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Reston · Santa Ana · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 146,000-194,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will work inside and outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality and reliable hardware for Intelligence Systems.
- This role focuses on collaborating and driving early engagement with our design teams and suppliers to meet our quality requirements the first time and to evaluate technologies to assist in the design for manufacturing assessment, supplier technology assessment/development, as well as supplier quality management.
Responsibilities
- Partner with our design teams to support the design development process, provide design for manufacturability feedback specific to your commodity, and help generate product data (drawing details, BOM information, and part requirements) that lead to supplier quality success.
- Bring deep expertise in your commodity's manufacturing processes and inspection/measurement methods to support the internal Anduril design process and ideation.
- Drive the supplier quality development processes throughout the product development stages with the product engineering team through design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for components and sub-assemblies.
- Partner with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management and program management to deliver predictable supply to development and production programs, and manage exceptions/containments/deviations for supplier technical performance, particularly in the development phases.
- Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key and critical characteristics for drawings and supplier specifications, develop measurement systems, and supplier qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, Audit, inspection development, etc.).
- Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing and Product Sourcing Engineering to drive overall supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and fulfillment of strategic goals.
- Own the elimination of supplier risk to improve quality and reliability across the product lifecycle.
- Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities, while owning containments derived from purchased goods.
- Review supplier effectiveness of actions and share lessons learned across the product team.
- Audit the Quality Management System at our suppliers, as it pertains to supplier quality and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in at least one of the following commodity areas within maritime, aerospace, defense, or space applications: castings and weldings, precision machined parts, or avionics and electronic assemblies.
- Experience in scaling supplier capabilities and quality from prototype and proof of concept parts to low rate production to high rate production.
- Working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements.
- Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 Industry Standard and ensuring suppliers have control plans and inspection processes that are capable of meeting product requirements.
- Experience with driving supplier performance and evaluation, including 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 such as Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), quality improvement techniques, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- A strong ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion.
- 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
- Experience performing source inspection at manufacturing suppliers in aerospace and defense
- AS9100 Lead/Internal Auditor Certification or equivalent
- Master's degree in a technical field
- Experience in creating material and process specifications for your commodity area
- Working knowledge of the proper application of non-destructive inspection techniques including penetrant, x-ray, and pressure proof testing throughout a process development life cycle
- Experience qualifying metal joining methods including welding and brazing for critical structures and aerospace assemblies
- Experience with managing special processes including heat treatment, polishing, anodize, coating, and paint
- Experience in casting process qualification and development of automated inspection operations
Workplace
- Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time to suppliers, sourcing partners, and manufacturing locations.
Skills
- MatLab
- JMP
- MiniTab
- Teamcenter
- NX
- Oracle/Netsuite
- Jira
- Foundry
- GD&T
- FMEA
- APQP
- PPAP
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