Senior Quality Engineer, Rocket Motor Systems

7+ years of progressive experience in Quality Engineering, with a significant portion in a Test Quality or Research & Development Quality role within the aerospace, defense, automotive, or other highly regulated hardware development and manufacturing industries.

Demonstrated expertise in interpreting and implementing industry quality standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO9001) and customer-specific flow-down requirements.

Strong proficiency in quality tools and methodologies including Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA), Nonconformance management, FAI (AS9102), GD&T, Control Plans, and Inspection Plans.

Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation tools to streamline quality processes, reduce cycle time in documentation and analysis, and scale quality operations in a high-growth environment.

Experience with statistical process control (SPC) and advanced statistical analysis.

Experience creating quality plans, product control plans (PCP), and inspection plans (IP) from internal and external requirements.

The Rocket Motor Systems team designs, develops, and manufactures next-generation solid rocket motors for defense and space applications at Anduril.

Quality Engineer, you will work inside and outside the organization to define, develop and execute processes that deliver reliable products.

The right person for this role has expert knowledge of manufacturing, test, quality assurance, and quality planning, with drive for continuous improvement.

Develop and implement scalable quality processes for new solid rocket motor programs, from initial design through qualification and acceptance testing, ensuring quality requirements are embedded at each development gate rather than applied retroactively.

Define and own the quality framework for test operations, including static fire, component-level, and subscale motor testing - establishing standardized procedures for test readiness reviews, test execution, and post-test data review.

Engage directly with test facility instrumentation and data acquisition systems to validate measurement chains (load cells, pressure transducers, thermocouples, strain gauges) and ensure sensor selection, placement, calibration, and sampling rates produce data with quantified measurement uncertainty.