Senior Manager of Digital Quality Systems
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
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## Senior Manager of Digital Quality Systems ### About the Team Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a **Senior Manager, Digital Quality Systems** to lead the team responsible for the **digital quality platform** and **analytics infrastructure**. You’ll own the quality workflows inside **Forge** (Anduril’s homegrown Manufacturing Execution System) and the **Quality Intelligence Hub** (centralized analytics and compliance layer built on Databricks). This role sits at the intersection of **software and quality engineering**—designing data models, reviewing code, shipping in sprints, and understanding how **nonconformance, CAPA, and inspection** work on a real factory floor. > **ITAR Notice:** This role is subject to ITAR. Applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance. ### What You’ll Do - **Platform architecture:** Own the design of quality workflows in Forge (inspection routings, data capture points, decision logic, audit trails). Keep workflows version-controlled and audit-ready. - **Core quality workflows:** Build NC, disposition, containment, CAPA, SCAR, and inspection instructions into production flow. - **Quality Intelligence Hub:** Lead data models and dashboards for FPY, DPU, escape rates, CAPA aging, NC Pareto, supplier scorecards, and SPC trending. - **Operator experience:** Ensure floor operators and quality engineers have fast, error-resistant tools they actually use. - **Team leadership:** Lead developers, data engineers, analysts, and quality SMEs—set sprint priorities, review designs/code, and unblock decisions. - **Cross-functional alignment:** Keep the platform aligned with product development, supplier quality, reliability, and manufacturing as programs and sites scale. ### Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent hands-on software experience). - **10+ years** building or leading enterprise software, manufacturing systems, or quality systems, with **5+ years** leading engineers or analysts. - Hands-on software credibility: can sketch architecture, challenge a schema, read a pull request, and make build-vs-buy decisions. - Working knowledge of enterprise quality processes: **NC, CAPA, SCAR, disposition, containment, inspection, and document control**. - Data/analytics fluency: **SQL and Python**, plus experience with modern data platforms such as **Databricks** or **Snowflake**. - Experience running agile delivery: sprint planning, backlog grooming, CI/CD, iterative releases. - Comfort making architecture decisions with imperfect information in a fast-scaling environment. - **U.S. citizenship required** pursuant to contractual obligations. ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience with a homegrown or heavily customized MES (not only out-of-the-box SAP QM or Windchill). - Aerospace/defense/medical device or other regulated manufacturing background (AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 13485). - Practical AI/ML use in production workflows (or strong personal fluency with AI tooling). - Statistical methods in practice: **SPC, MSA, process capability analysis**. - IoT-enabled inspection data capture, automated optical inspection, or machine vision integration. - APQP/PPAP or FMEA tied into digital quality systems. - ASQ certification (CQE, CMQ/OE, or Six Sigma Black Belt). ##
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