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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Strategic Product Sourcing Engineer to drive supply network development and cost management for the Electromagnetic Warfare product portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, procurement, and manufacturing, requiring strategic collaboration with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting supplier selection leveraging approved supplier lists and managing strategic supplier partnerships
- Accelerating product development through concept scoping, feature trade-off analysis, should-cost modeling, and joint design development
- Developing and consolidating manufacturing BOMs in coordination with Quality and Manufacturing teams to support flexible production ramp
- Managing CAPEX throughout New Product Introduction (NPI) phases
- Performing value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
- Completing BOM risk assessments and identifying alternate component sourcing strategies
- Ensuring all component qualifications are completed ahead of production
- Driving complexity reduction through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization
- Leading cost engineering activities to align bottom-up cost curves with product targets, maximizing total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle
- Managing ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation
This is a hands-on role requiring deep engagement with suppliers, engineering teams, and manufacturing partners to deliver cost-effective, high-quality electromagnetic warfare systems in a fast-paced defense technology environment.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or other 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 component and product levels
- Ability to travel 10-40% of the time 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
- 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
- Experience developing high-tech products in high-mix, low-volume environments
- Background in fast-paced, startup-like environments
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. TS clearance
