Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Precision Mechanical

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsible for defining and executing supplier quality processes for precision mechanical parts used in aerospace/defense programs. Partners with design, engineering, and sourcing teams to ensure manufacturability, supplier capability, and quality through PPAP, FAI, and AS9100/ISO 9001 processes, while driving risk reduction and supplier performance across the product lifecycle.

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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Precision Mechanical

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Job Summary

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsible for defining and executing supplier quality processes for precision mechanical parts used in aerospace/defense programs. Partners with design, engineering, and sourcing teams to ensure manufacturability, supplier capability, and quality through PPAP, FAI, and AS9100/ISO 9001 processes, while driving risk reduction and supplier performance across the product lifecycle.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with design teams to support the design development process, provide design for manufacturability feedback, and generate product data (drawings details, BOM information, and part requirements) for precision mechanical parts.
  • •Use knowledge of machining, molding, additive manufacturing, fabrication, special processes, and inspection/measurement to support the design process, lead technical risk management, prototyping, and scaling designs for volume production.
  • •Drive supplier quality development throughout product development with design reviews, supplier process development, testing, and qualification for components and sub-assemblies, ensuring alignment to mechanical and sub-assembly requirements.
  • •Collaborate with development engineering, product quality engineering, sourcing engineering, category management and program management to deliver predictable supply and manage exceptions/containments/deviations for supplier technical performance during development.
  • •Drive supplier quality readiness by analyzing key characteristics for drawings/specifications, develop measurement systems, and oversee supplier qualification activities (PPAP, FAIR, Audit, inspection development).
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRetirement SavingsCommuter BenefitsLife InsuranceWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy or similar technical field.
  • •Experience with producing precision mechanical parts for aerospace or defense.
  • •Experience in scaling supplier capabilities from prototype to high rate production and performing source inspection at mechanical manufacturing suppliers (a plus).
  • •Working knowledge of AS9100/ ISO 9001-based Quality Management System requirements; AS9100 Lead / Internal Auditor Certification or equivalent is a plus.
  • •Experience performing First Article Inspection to AS9102 and ensuring suppliers have control plans and inspection processes that meet product requirements.
Experience:AerospaceDefenseManufacturingQuality engineering
Education:Bachelor's in Engineering
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingTeamwork
Certifications:AS9100 Lead Auditor
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MatLabJMPMinitabTeamcenterNXOracle/NetsuiteJiraFMEAAPQPPPAPGD&TMSA

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:TS/SCI

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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