Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Maritime

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Product Sourcing Engineering

This role is for a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company. The engineer will be responsible for strategic supply network development and cost management of product hardware throughout its lifecycle. This involves supplier selection, collaboration with suppliers and internal teams (engineering, quality, manufacturing) on product development, BOM management, CAPEX management, value-stream mapping, BOM risk assessment, component qualification, complexity reduction, and cost engineering activities. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical field with 6+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement, or design of electronics/mechanical devices. Domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO is also required. The company mentions AI, computer vision, and sensor fusion in its general description, but this specific role focuses on hardware sourcing and supply chain management, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list
  2. Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as:
  3. Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility
  4. Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI
  5. Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in 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 of value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level
  • Ability to travel 10% - 40% of the time
  • Ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA

Nice to have

  • Master's degree or advanced technical degree
  • 8+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development, or design of electronics and/or mechanical devices
  • Deeper experience within: Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices
  • Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers
  • Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.)
  • Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realization
  • Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
  • Exposure to working in a fast-pace, start-up environment
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelor’s degree in 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 of value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level