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Salary: USD 166,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The company develops Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that integrates thousands of data streams into a real-time 3D command and control center, bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking to military systems.
The Senior Product Sourcing Engineer drives strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril's product hardware across their lifecycles through cross-functional collaboration with suppliers, engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conduct supplier selection for specific products, leveraging approved supplier lists
- Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development through concept scoping, feature trade-off analysis, should-cost modeling, joint design development, and simulation of mechanical and electronics designs
- Develop and consolidate manufacturing BOMs in coordination with Quality and Manufacturing to ramp production internally and with suppliers while maintaining high flexibility
- Manage CAPEX throughout new product introduction (NPI)
- Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
- Complete BOM risk assessments and identify alternate component sourcing
- Ensure completion of all component qualifications ahead of production
- Reduce complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization
- Lead cost engineering activities to converge bottom-up cost curves to product cost targets, maximizing total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle
- Manage ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
- 8+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development, or design of electronics and/or mechanical devices
- Domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component and product level
- Ability to travel 10-40% of the time, variable based on program needs
- Ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA if not already local; role requires onsite presence
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 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 manager roles
- Supplier development experience (technology, process, supply chain)
- Early supplier engagement ahead of product/engineering requirement realization
- Familiarity with developing high-tech products in high-mix, low-volume environments
- Experience in fast-paced, start-up environments
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. TS clearance
