Senior Sourcing Engineer, Defense Tech | Remote/CA

Anduril-1; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across the Counter Intrusion product portfolio. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing to optimize lifecycle costs and supplier performance.

You will lead supplier selection, engage strategic partners, and shape the BOM, CAPEX, and cost-structure through design collaboration and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development, or design of electronics and/or mechanical devices.
• Domain expertise of value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level.
• Ability to travel 30% - 40% of the time, variable based on program needs.
• Preference is onsite at an Anduril office but this role is open to remote in California.

Responsibilities

• 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, trade-off analyses, should-cost models, and joint design development with clear statements of work.
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing to ramp production with high flexibility.
• Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility.
• Complete the BOM risk assessment, including alternate component sourcing.
• Ensure completion of all component qualifications, ahead of production.
• Reduce complexity via commonality optimization and supplier rationalization.
• Lead cost engineering activities to converge bottoms-up cost curve to product cost and maximize total cost of ownership.
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues such as tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation.

Skills

Sourcing

Supplier engagement

Cost analysis

Value engineering

Travel

Remote in CA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related field

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across the Counter Intrusion product portfolio. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing to optimize lifecycle costs and supplier performance.

You will lead supplier selection, engage strategic partners, and shape the BOM, CAPEX, and cost-structure through design collaboration and value engineering.