Manager, Product Quality Engineering - Bolt

As the Manager of Product Quality Engineering for Bolt, you will lead a team of product quality engineers and quality specialists who will work inside and outside the organization to define, develop, and execute processes that deliver high quality and reliable products. Your leadership will impact how Anduril delivers production quality and sustaining support for Bolt across its lifecycle. 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 the Product Development Process (PDP) to meet gate readiness review criteria (CDR, BRR, MRR/PRR); Be the voice and leader for product development, production quality, supplier quality, and NPI/production processes; Lead and manage a team to champion continuous improvement and failure mode elimination; Own and utilize Supplier Quality Engineering resources to track supplier quality control and part qualification and risk management programs; Own and lead Quality Control process, framework, and execution, including inspection methods and tooling; Set daily and weekly priorities for quality teams and establish a best-in-class product quality culture; Drive production readiness through design reviews, process development, verification/validation, and qualification; Drive ongoing quality performance for incoming, in-process, and end-of-line quality control; Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Non-Conformance Reviews (NCRs), CAPA, and Material Review Board (MRB) activities; Lead Corrective Action Board (CAB) activities and cross-functional alignment on quality issues; Lead product health data analysis and establish quality metrics; Support continuous improvement of the Quality Management System; Develop strategies and resource plans with heads of production, program management, deployments, sourcing, and chief engineers

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 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; Leading the transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing variance testing for product quality coverage; Working knowledge of FMEA, APQP, inspection and measurement systems, PPAP elements (MSA, GR&R, SPC, 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; Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution systems, Configuration Management and Document Control/Data Management; An extreme ownership mindset with demonstrated capability to drive projects from start to completion; Analytical skills for data mining, data quality, metrics generation, issue management systems, and statistical analysis tools (MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, etc); Eligible to obtain and/or maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

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 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; Experience with Teamcenter/PLM, Oracle, Warehouse management, Non-Conformance management systems, and Atlassian work stream tools

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers; Top-tier benefits for full-time employees; Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, including health and recovery support