Senior Strategic Sourcing Engineer — Defense Tech

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer in Costa Mesa, CA to lead strategic supply network development and cost management for the Electromagnetic Warfare portfolio across lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing to optimize cost, schedule, and performance.

Responsibilities include supplier selection, should-cost modeling, BOM development, CAPEX management during NPI, value-stream

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in mechanical engineering or related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier engagement and development.
• Experience with electronics and/or mechanical device design.

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 to quickly solidify requirements, Feature trade-off / trade tables, Should cost / Clean sheet models, Joint design development, via clear statements of work, Simulation of mechanical & electronics designs
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers 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, 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

Skills

Sourcing engineering

Supplier engagement

Electronics & mechanical design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or other technical field

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Product Sourcing Engineer in Costa Mesa, CA to lead strategic supply network development and cost management for the Electromagnetic Warfare portfolio across lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing to optimize cost, schedule, and performance.

Responsibilities include supplier selection, should-cost modeling, BOM development, CAPEX management during NPI, value-stream