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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer to join the Maneuver Dominance team, which develops aerial robotic systems designed to operate in large coordinated teams. The role drives strategic supply network development and cost management of the Maneuver Dominance product portfolio across their lifecycles through cross-functional collaboration with suppliers, engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams.
Key responsibilities include conducting supplier selection leveraging approved supplier lists; partnering with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development through concept scoping, feature trade-off analysis, should-cost modeling, and joint design development; driving the development and consolidation of manufacturing BOMs while ramping production internally and with suppliers; managing CAPEX throughout new product introduction; 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; reducing complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization; and leading cost engineering activities to converge bottom-up cost curves to product cost targets while maximizing total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle.
Required qualifications include a Master's degree or advanced technical degree in mechanical engineering; deeper experience in design and development of electronics and/or mechanical devices, advanced sourcing activities including commodity/sourcing management, supplier development across technology/process/supply chain, and early supplier engagement ahead of product requirement realization; familiarity with developing high-tech products in high-mix, low-volume environments; exposure to fast-paced startup environments; and eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
