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Senior Product Quality Engineer, Ghost

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-07-31

Core

Define, develop, and execute processes to deliver high-quality and reliable autonomous drone systems (Ghost) and auxiliary accessories for military applications.

Role type

Senior Product Quality Engineer (Hardware/Defense)

Builds

Ghost autonomous SUAs and auxiliary accessory products for U.S. and allied military capabilities

Domain

Defense technology, autonomous systems, aerial vehicles

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

system architecture, mechanical/electrical design, precision manufacturing, metrology, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, MSA, GD&T, DOE, SPC, root cause analysis, statistical analysis

Preferred skills

autonomous drone/helicopter system ownership, PCBA and FW/SW integration, MRO operations for GFE, EW/munitions integration, AS9100/ISO 9001, MIL standards, Teamcenter, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, Altium

Technologies

MatLab, JMP, MiniTab, Teamcenter, NetSuite, SolidWorks/NX, Jira, Foundry, Altium

Responsibilities

Lead product development process within NPI phases; drive product quality and performance requirements for testing and measurement; lead transition from engineering qualification to manufacturing production; own elimination of product risk across lifecycle; lead RCCA and MRB activities; establish metrics for quality performance; support continuous improvement of Quality Management System.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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