Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Mission Autonomy

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 the company's product hardware throughout its lifecycle. This involves supplier selection, partnership for product development, BOM management, CAPEX management, value-stream mapping, component qualification, complexity reduction, and cost engineering activities. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in supply chain or engineering, 8+ years of experience in sourcing engineering or related fields, and domain expertise in value/procurement engineering. While the company develops AI-powered systems, this specific role focuses on the hardware sourcing and supply chain aspects, 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 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 of value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level
  • Ability to travel 10% - 40% of the time
  • Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

Nice to have

  • Master's degree or advanced technical degree in mechanical engineering
  • 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. TS clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ 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