Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, General

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California is seeking Product Sourcing Engineers to bridge design and production, ensuring hardware is manufacturable, cost‑effective and scalable from day one.

You’ll embed with design, manufacturing and quality teams, guide DFM/DFA, qualify suppliers, drive cost-curve initiatives, and transition NPIs into production while maintaining security clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years in a hybrid engineering / sourcing / supply chain role delivering hardware into production.
• Fluent in engineering drawings, schematics, and CAD models, with solid GD&T instincts to reconcile design tolerances with supplier process capability.
• Track record of working shoulder‑to‑shoulder with suppliers to troubleshoot fab issues, improve yield, and drive rigorous root‑cause corrective action (8D / CAPA).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Design Early: Embed with Design Engineering during concept and prototype phases to run technical reviews, drive DFM/DFA, and align design intent with what suppliers can actually build at rate.
• Qualify the Supply Base: Evaluate and select global suppliers based on technical capability, process maturity, quality systems, and capacity to deliver complex assemblies against aggressive schedules.
• Own the Cost Curve: Lead should‑cost analyses, teardowns, and process assessments to expose cost drivers and drive design‑to‑cost initiatives without compromising performance, reliability, or margin.
• Land NPI into Production: Run the technical transition from NPI into serial production — first‑article inspections, PPAP, yield ramp, and resolution of early‑stage manufacturing issues at the supplier floor.
• De‑Risk the Build: Identify technical single points of failure, qualify alternate processes or sources, and drive ECOs and corrective actions to unblock supplier‑facing build issues before they hit the program.

Skills

DFM/DFA

Cost engineering

Supplier qualification

GD&T

8D CAPA

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing

Tools

CAD

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 Job

At Anduril, our Product Sourcing Engineers are the critical link between engineering design and supply chain execution — making sure our hardware is manufacturable, cost‑effective, and ready to scale from day one. You'll operate in a fast‑paced environment alongside design, manufacturing, and quality teams, influencing product architecture early and building supplier pipelines that hold up under real production pressure. We're looking for technical sourcing professionals with deep expertise in design‑for‑manufacturability, cost engineering, and supplier qualification to help build the next generation of defense technology.

What You’ll Do

• Shape the Design Early: Embed with Design Engineering during concept and prototype phases to run technical reviews, drive DFM/DFA, and align design intent with what suppliers can actually build at rate.
• Qualify the Supply Base: Evaluate and select global suppliers based on technical capability, process maturity, quality systems, and capacity to deliver complex assemblies against aggressive schedules.
• Own the Cost Curve: Lead should‑cost analyses, teardowns, and process assessments to expose cost drivers and drive design‑to‑cost initiatives without compromising performance, reliability, or margin.
• Land NPI into Production: Run the technical transition from NPI into serial production — first‑article inspections, PPAP, yield ramp, and resolution of early‑stage manufacturing issues at the supplier floor.
• De‑Risk the Build: Identify technical single points of failure, qualify alternate processes or sources, and drive ECOs and corrective actions to unblock supplier‑facing build issues before they hit the program.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline, with 3+ years in a hybrid engineering / sourcing / supply chain role delivering hardware into production.
• Manufacturing Process Depth: Strong working knowledge of the manufacturing processes relevant to your commodity and their cost drivers — able to walk a supplier floor and identify what's real, what's optimistic, and what will fail at scale.
• Drawings & GD&T: Fluent in engineering drawings, schematics, and CAD models, with solid GD&T instincts to reconcile design tolerances with supplier process capability.
• Supplier Engagement & Root‑Cause: Track record of working shoulder‑to‑shoulder with suppliers to troubleshoot fab issues, improve yield, and drive rigorous root‑cause corrective action (8D / CAPA).
• Clearance: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

This job post is inclusive of openings within various teams. Successful candidates will be matched to a specific team at a subsequent stage of the recruitment process.

The roles considered for this job post may require travel. The extent of travel will vary by role.

US Salary Range

$146,000—$194,000 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:

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.