Senior Sourcing EngineerNew

Anduril; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company delivering autonomous systems and AI-enabled platforms. The Supplier Engineering Manager leads strategic supply chain development and cost management across lifecycles, partnering with engineering, quality and manufacturing to accelerate product readiness and scale manufacturing.

Based in Australia, you will drive supplier selection, develop sourcing strategies, and enable efficient BOM planning to support high‑tech, low‑volume production while

Qualifications

• Design and development of mechanical/electronic devices.
• Advanced sourcing activities including commodity management.
• Early supplier engagement before product/engineering requirements.
• Experience with value/ procurement engineering or TCO work.
• Familiarity with high‑tech products in high‑mix, low‑volume environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection using approved supplier lists.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development.
• Scope concepts, define requirements, and create clear statements of work.
• Model Total Cost of Ownership and drive cost reduction.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategy for efficient, scalable procurement.
• Consolidate manufacturing BOMs to ramp production with suppliers.
• Manage NPI component procurement and verify supplier CAPEX.
• Lead cost engineering to converge to product cost.
• Reduce supply chain complexity through part and supplier rationalisation.

Skills

Design & development

Sourcing

Early supplier engagement

Value / procurement engineering

High-tech products

Bachelor's degree in engineering

NV1 clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor of 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.

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