Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Connected Warfare
The Senior Product Sourcing Engineer at Anduril Industries is responsible for developing strategic supply networks and managing cost structures for hardware products throughout their lifecycles. This role involves close collaboration with suppliers and internal teams, including engineering, quality, and manufacturing, to ensure efficient product development and production processes.
Key responsibilities include selecting suppliers from an approved list, partnering with them to accelerate product development through activities such as concept scoping, feature trade-offs, cost modeling, joint design development, and design simulations. The engineer will also drive the development and consolidation of manufacturing bills of materials (BOMs), manage capital expenditures during new product introductions, conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply chain lead times, perform BOM risk assessments, ensure component qualifications are completed before production, and lead cost engineering efforts to achieve target product costs while maximizing total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle.
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical field and have at least five years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development, or the design of electronic and/or mechanical devices. Expertise in value or procurement engineering and total cost of ownership analysis at both the component and product levels is essential. The role requires the ability to travel between 10% and 40% of the time, depending on program needs, and candidates must be willing to relocate to Costa Mesa, California, if not already local.
Preferred qualifications include a master's or advanced technical degree, extensive experience in the design and development of electronic and/or mechanical devices, advanced sourcing activities, supplier development, early supplier engagement, familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment, and exposure to fast-paced startup environments. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance is also desirable.
Anduril Industries offers a competitive salary range of $146,000 to $194,000 for this position, along with comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost, income protection through life and disability insurance, generous time-off policies including a holiday hiatus in December, family planning and parenting support, mental health resources, professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, relocation assistance, and retirement savings plans with various options.