Director of Quality

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. Director of Quality – Product Quality Engineering The Director of Quality serves as the executive amplifier and strategic integrator for the VP of Quality—ensuring that intent becomes action, and action scales across teams. This role drives Product Development excellence, builds world-class Product Quality Engineering capabilities, and establishes a culture of statistical rigor and continuous improvement. WHAT YOU’LL DO Support the VP of Quality in evolving priorities and organizational needs, adapting capacity and focus as required Enable Quality team leaders and division members to maximize efficiency and quality output through coaching and resource alignment Build internal delivery rhythms, KPIs, and OKRs that drive team alignment, execution fidelity, and risk management Lead cross-team initiatives requiring executive sponsorship and accountability, acting as go-to problem solver for ambiguous challenges Partner with Quality Systems Engineering to deploy and track KPIs through scorecards to inform decisions at QBR, MDPR Foster cross-functional relationships, embedding quality and compliance fluency throughout partner functions Provide strategic oversight and ensure product line governance in accordance with DCMA compliance and federal mandates Serve as the connective tissue across the organization—coordinating, communicating, and facilitating Own Product Quality Engineering strategy across all new product development by appropriately leveraging the following functions at the appropriate phase gates: Reliability, System Safety, Supplier Quality, and Quality Systems Engineering Own day ‑ to ‑ day factory quality engineering and sustainment; owns Productization/Recovery execution (productionization, stabilization, ramp support). Ensure efforts to embed Quality at the source are executed and implemented by operationalizing findings from Design for Quality, DFM, and FSS risk magement methodologies. Develop and execute mitigation strategies identified through root cause analysis, FMEA, and trend analysis; translating findings into design improvements and process enhancements. Drive DFMEA and PFMEA activities, coaching teams to proactively identify and mitigate risks before they materialize Establish product validation and verification protocols (DV, PV, reliability testing) aligned with industry best practices Drive design review governance, supporting critical phase-gate reviews to ensure quality criteria are satisfied at each milestone Partner with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to create closed-loop corrective action systems that feed learnings into next-gen designs Build and lead a high-performing Product Quality Engineering team with expertise in statistical methods, DOE, MSA, and process capability Establish a center of excellence for statistical analysis, providing tools, templates, mentorship, and governance for data-driven decision-making Lead capability maturity assessments for product development processes, implementing improvement roadmaps Serve as Quality voice in PDP governance, aligning product strategy, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing capabilities Partner with Supplier Quality to ensure early establishment of supplier quality engagement protocols, co-d