Strategic Sourcing Engineer - Core Tech

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles, partnering with suppliers and cross-functional teams.

You will lead supplier selection, cost modeling, BOM development, and risk assessment while enabling rapid product development and achieving flexible manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years in sourcing engineering or supplier development.
• Domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level.
• Ability to travel 10% - 40% of the time.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection for a product using approved suppliers list.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate development with should-cost models and clear statements of work.
• Drive development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM with Quality & Manufacturing.
• Manage CAPEX throughout NPI.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize lead time and flexibility.
• Lead cost engineering to converge the bottoms-up cost curve to product cost and total cost of ownership.
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues including tariffs / import/export cost and cost inflation.
• Ensure completion of component qualifications ahead of production.

Skills

Supplier engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost management

Travel willingness

Onsite in Costa Mesa

Education

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

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles, partnering with suppliers and cross-functional teams.

You will lead supplier selection, cost modeling, BOM development, and risk assessment while enabling rapid product development and achieving flexible manufacturing.