Senior Sourcing Engineer

Anduril-1; Sydney; On-site; AUD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Supplier Engineering Manager to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles, collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

The role emphasizes sourcing strategy, BOM optimization for ramped production, NPI component procurement, and heavy focus on reducing total cost of ownership while navigating high-tech, high-mix, low-volume

Qualifications

• Background in mechanical and/or electronics design and development.
• Experience with advanced sourcing and commodity management.
• Early supplier engagement before product/engineering requirements realization.
• Expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO work at component/product level.
• Experience in high-tech products with high-mix, low-volume environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or related technical field.
• Eligible to obtain Australian NV1 clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection leveraging approved supplier list.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development (concept scoping, trade-offs, TCO).
• Develop sourcing strategy via market knowledge, supplier rationalisation, and cost plans.
• Drive BOM development with Quality & Manufacturing for ramped production.
• Ensure on-time procurement for NPI components and CAPEX verification.
• Lead cost engineering to converge to product cost and maximize TCO.
• Reduce supply chain complexity through commonality optimization and supplier rationalisation.

Skills

Mechanical/electronics design

Advanced sourcing

Early supplier engagement

Value/procurement engineering

TCO optimization

High-mix low-volume experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

The Supplier Engineering Manager drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril’s product hardware, across their lifecycles, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including stakeholders in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging approved supplier list.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as:
• Concept scoping to quickly solidify requirements
• Feature trade-off / trade tables
• Total Cost of Ownership modeling
• Joint design development, via clear statements of work
• Simulation of mechanical & electronics designs
• Drive commercial
• Development and execution of sourcing strategy via full market knowledge, supplier rationalisation, commodity pricing plan and effective principles to drive efficiency and cost
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility
• Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale up manufacturing operations
• Manage the request for and associated verification of supplier related CAPEX throughout NPI
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
• Complete the BOM risk assessment and develop plan per part analysis
• Follow through completion of component qualifications by relevant stakeholders, ahead of production need dates
• Reduce complexity of supply chain through commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalisation
• Lead all cost engineering activities to converge the bottoms-up cost curve to product cost, maximizing the total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues e.g., tariffs / import export cost, and cost inflation

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ideally has background within:
• Design & development of mechanical and/or electronics devices
• Advanced sourcing activities, including positions working as a commodity/sourcing manager
• Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realisation
• Domain expertise must include value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level
• Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree.
• Must be eligible to obtain an Australian NV1 clearance

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .