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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Cost Value Engineer (Product Sourcing Engineer) to drive strategic supply chain development and cost management for the Intelligence Systems & Space business line. This is an end-to-end supply chain ownership role responsible for engineering support, vendor onboarding and development, sourcing, pricing, and Bill of Material (BOM) negotiation.
Key responsibilities include: conducting deep dives into engineering BOMs in collaboration with engineering teams to ensure parts can be sourced at target costs; performing supplier selection and onboarding unique vendors to support Space and Intelligence programs; driving on-time delivery through innovative solutions that break traditional aerospace lead-time constraints; partnering with strategic suppliers on concept scoping, feature trade-offs, should-cost modeling, and joint design development; developing and consolidating manufacturing BOMs with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams; managing total program costs including NPI and mass production; conducting value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility; completing BOM risk assessments with alternate component sourcing; ensuring component qualifications ahead of production; optimizing commonality and rationalizing components/suppliers; leading cost engineering activities to align bottom-up cost curves with product targets while maximizing total cost of ownership; managing ad-hoc cost issues such as tariffs and cost inflation; and resolving supply issues to ensure on-time delivery at or below target cost.
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field; 5+ years in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement/development, or design of electronics/mechanical devices; domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO work at component and product levels; active U.S. Secret or TS clearance with ability to maintain; 10-40% travel availability; ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA if not local.
Preferred qualifications include Master's degree or advanced technical degree; deeper experience in electronics/mechanical design, advanced sourcing, supplier development, early supplier engagement, high-mix low-volume product development, fast-paced startup environments, space industry experience, and commercial subcontract negotiation.
