Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
We are looking for a Lead Quality Systems Engineer, Maritime to join our team and own the end-to-end AS9100 quality management system across the Maritime Division.
Responsibilities
- AS9100 Certification Ownership: Own the Maritime Division's AS9100 QMS, including all documentation, internal audit programs, corrective action tracking, and management review processes.
- Multi-Site QMS Architecture: Design and implement a quality management system structure that accommodates multiple manufacturing sites operating under a single or coordinated AS9100 certification scope.
- Audit Preparation and Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party certification body audits, customer audits, and regulatory reviews.
- Cross-Site Process Harmonization: Establish standardized quality processes, procedures, and documentation practices that work across all division manufacturing sites.
- Risk and Gap Analysis: Continuously assess QMS gaps and certification risks as new product lines and sites are brought online.
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA): Own the division-wide CAPA process.
- Training and Culture: Build quality awareness across the Maritime Division.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Work across Corporate Quality, site leadership, production teams, and business line leads to ensure QMS requirements are integrated into operational planning.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in quality management within aerospace, defense, or government-contract manufacturing
- Direct experience managing or significantly contributing to AS9100 certification and surveillance audits
- Demonstrated experience with multi-site or multi-scope quality management systems
- Strong knowledge of CAPA processes, internal auditing, and management review requirements under AS9100
- Effective communicator who can work across organizational boundaries and present to leadership
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
Preferred Qualifications
- AS9100 Lead Auditor certification
- Experience in a scaling or startup manufacturing environment where QMS processes were being built or significantly expanded
- Familiarity with other aerospace/defense quality standards
- Experience managing AS9100 scope expansions
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field
- Experience with ERP/MES systems and their integration with quality management processes
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification or experience
