Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Dive-XL

Anduril Industries; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 126,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Paid time off, holidays, and flexible work arrangements

Employee wellness programs

Professional development and tuition assistance

Job summary

Anduril Industries is looking for a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer to join its team in Quonset Point, RI. This role involves driving strategic supply network development and managing costs of product hardware throughout their lifecycle. Responsibilities include collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams, conducting supplier selections, and managing component procurement. A Bachelor's degree in engineering is required, alongside familiarity with high-tech product development. The salary range for this position is between $126,000 and $167,000 USD, supplemented by comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Background in design and development of mechanical and/or electronics devices.
• Experience in advanced sourcing activities as a commodity/sourcing manager.
• Familiarity with high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic supply network development and cost management.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead times.
• Manage NPI component procurement for scaling manufacturing operations.

Skills

Supplier selection

Cost management

Cross-functional collaboration

Value engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE)

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.

As our Maritime team continues to quickly grow, we are looking for motivated candidates that are inspired to work within an extremely energetic, creative, and innovative team that is passionate about subsea robotics and exploring the open ocean. We work in a highly dynamic environment where collaboration and idea sharing are a way of life.

About The Job

We are looking for a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Quonset Point, RI. In this role, you will be responsible for driving 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 rationalization, 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

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree.
• Ideally has background within:
  • Design & development of mechanical and/or electronics devices
  • Advanced sourcing activities, including positions working as a commodity/sourcing manager
  • 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.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

US Salary Range

$126,000—$167,000 USD

Benefits

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:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off, holidays, and flexible work arrangements.
• Employee wellness programs.
• Professional development and tuition assistance.
• Anduril benefits portal for employees to manage their benefits online.

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.