Product Sourcing Engineer

Anduril Industries; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to lead strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing to drive BOM development and ramp production.

The role emphasizes early supplier engagement, complex BOM management, and cost engineering to optimize total cost of ownership for high-tech hardware. A U.S. security clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development for electronics or mechanical devices.
• Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices.
• Advanced sourcing activities including commodity/sourcing management.
• Supplier development across technology, process and supply chain.
• Early supplier engagement before product/engineering requirements realization.
• Experience with value/procurement engineering or TCO at component or product level.
• Experience with high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment and startup exposure.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering; advanced degree or MBA preferred.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection using our approved supplier list.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development and design.
• Drive development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM with Quality & Manufacturing.
• Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly to scale.
• Manage CAPEX throughout NPI.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize lead time and flexibility.
• Complete BOM risk assessment and alternate sourcing considerations.
• Ensure component qualifications are completed ahead of production.
• Lead cost engineering to converge bottoms-up cost to product cost and maximize TCO.
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs and cost inflation.

Skills

Sourcing engineering

Supplier engagement

Cost engineering

NPI procurement

Value/TCO optimization

High-mix, low-volume tech products

Startup environment experience

Negotiation and supplier development

Education

BSME/BSEE or related technical degree

Advanced technical degree or MBA preferred

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform, and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Product Sourcing Engineer 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 folks in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• - Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our 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
• - Should cost / Clean sheet models
• - Joint design development, via clear statements of work
• - 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
• - Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI
• - Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
• - Complete the BOM risk assessment, include alternate component sourcing, etc.
• - Ensure completion of all component qualifications, ahead of production
• - Reduce complexity: commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalization
• - 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

• - 3+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development, or design of electronics and or/mechanical devices
• - 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
• - 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
• - Some exposure working in a start-up environment
• - Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree. Advanced technical degree or MBA strongly preferred
• - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range $129,000 — $171,000 USD
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:

Benefits

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 .

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