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Salary: USD 146,000 - 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 for Anduril's Tactical Recon & Strike product portfolio across their lifecycles. This role requires close collaboration with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting supplier selection for specific products, leveraging the approved supplier list
- Partnering 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
- Developing and consolidating manufacturing BOMs in coordination with Quality and Manufacturing teams to ramp production internally and with suppliers while maintaining high flexibility
- Managing CAPEX throughout new product introduction (NPI)
- Conducting value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
- Completing BOM risk assessments and identifying alternate component sourcing
- Ensuring all component qualifications are completed ahead of production
- Reducing complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization
- Leading cost engineering activities to converge bottom-up cost curves to product cost targets, maximizing total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle
- Managing ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
- 6+ 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; onsite presence required
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 a U.S. TS clearance
