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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Cost Value Engineer to drive strategic supply chain development and cost management for the Intelligence & Space business line. This is an end-to-end supply chain ownership role responsible for engineering support, vendor onboarding and development, sourcing, pricing, and negotiation of the total Bill of Material (BOM).
Key responsibilities include:
- Conduct deep dives into engineering BOMs, working closely with engineering teams to ensure parts can be sourced and procured at target cost levels
- Lead supplier selection and onboarding of unique vendors to support Space & Intelligence business needs
- Drive on-time delivery by developing innovative solutions to overcome traditional space industry lead-time constraints
- Partner with strategic suppliers on concept scoping, feature trade-offs, should-cost modeling, joint design development, and design simulation
- Develop and consolidate manufacturing BOMs with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to support flexible production ramp
- Manage total program costs including NPI and mass production phases
- Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
- Complete BOM risk assessments and alternate component sourcing strategies
- Ensure all component qualifications are completed ahead of production
- Drive cost engineering activities to converge bottom-up cost curves to product targets, maximizing total cost of ownership across product lifecycle
- Manage ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation
- Resolve supply issues to ensure on-time delivery at or below target cost
Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field; 6+ years in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement/development, or design of electronics/mechanical devices; domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO work; active U.S. Secret or TS clearance; ability to travel 10-40%; willingness to relocate to Reston, VA.
Preferred: Master's degree; deeper experience in electronics/mechanical design, advanced sourcing, supplier development, early supplier engagement, high-mix low-volume environments, startup experience, space industry background, or commercial subcontract management.
