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Director of Quality

1 hour, 47 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Executive
Program Manager
Quality Assurance and Testing
Computer Vision
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Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is an American defense technology firm that specializes in developing advanced autonomous systems for integrated awareness and security across land, sea, and air, utilizing its proprietary Lattice platform to enhance intelligence, su...

Aerospace & Defense
1K-5K
Founded 2017
$2200M raised
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Description

  • Support the VP of Quality as priorities shift and organizational needs evolve.
  • Coach quality team leaders and division members to improve efficiency and output through resource alignment.
  • Build delivery rhythms, KPIs, and OKRs that strengthen alignment, execution fidelity, and risk management.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives that require executive sponsorship and accountability.
  • Partner with Quality Systems Engineering to deploy KPI scorecards for QBR and MDPR decision-making.
  • Foster cross-functional relationships and embed quality and compliance fluency across partner functions.
  • Provide strategic oversight of product line governance in accordance with DCMA compliance and federal mandates.
  • Own Product Quality Engineering strategy across new product development, including the use of Reliability, System Safety, Supplier Quality, and Quality Systems Engineering at phase gates.
  • Own day-to-day factory quality engineering and sustainment, including productionization, stabilization, and ramp support.
  • Embed quality at the source by operationalizing findings from Design for Quality, DFM, and FSS risk management methods.
  • Develop and execute mitigation strategies from root cause analysis, FMEA, and trend analysis.
  • Drive DFMEA and PFMEA activities to proactively identify and mitigate risks.
  • Establish product validation and verification protocols for DV, PV, and reliability testing.
  • Drive design review governance and support critical phase-gate reviews.
  • Partner with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to build closed-loop corrective action systems.
  • Build and lead a high-performing Product Quality Engineering team with statistical methods expertise.
  • Establish a center of excellence for statistical analysis with tools, templates, mentorship, and governance.
  • Lead capability maturity assessments for product development processes and implement improvement roadmaps.
  • Serve as the quality voice in PDP governance, aligning product strategy, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing capabilities.
  • Partner with Supplier Quality to establish early supplier engagement protocols, quality agreements, and performance metrics.
  • Drive Voice of the Customer integration into product requirements and quality standards.
  • Lead production readiness assessments covering process capability, tooling, training, and quality systems.
  • Own product quality scorecards tracking first-pass yield, defect rates, warranty returns, and field reliability.
  • Facilitate post-launch reviews and feed lessons learned into the Product Development playbook.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical experience.
  • 5–10 years of industry experience, including quality management in defense, aerospace, or other end-system hardware.
  • Proven experience leading Product Quality Engineering in complex product development environments.
  • Strong background in DFMEA, Control Plans, DOE, Six Sigma, DFSS, statistical methods, and reliability engineering.
  • Proven track record of developing and implementing global quality strategies.
  • Experience leading large-scale organizational change and driving cultural transformation.
  • Deep knowledge of Quality Management Systems and standards such as ISO9001 and AS9100.
  • Experience interfacing with government agencies and managing regulatory compliance.
  • Experience across multiple quality domains, including design, production, and supply chain.
  • Experience in large-scale risk assessment and management at the corporate level.
  • Strong knowledge of design for quality, root cause corrective action, and measurement analysis.
  • Working knowledge of FMEA, APQP, PPAP elements such as MSA, and GD&T.
  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.

Benefits

  • US salary range of $191,000 to $253,000 USD.
  • Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers.
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.
  • Comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

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