Strategic Sourcing Engineer - Hardware NPI

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology leader seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross‑functional teams to optimize sourcing, evaluate BOMs, and accelerate time‑to‑production.

This role can be permanently based in Costa Mesa, CA or Ashville, OH, and requires a 3‑month training program: 1 month in Santa Ana, CA, then ~2 months in Atlanta, GA, with Anduril fully

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in sourcing/engineering background as described.
• Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices.
• Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers.
• 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.
• U.S. citizenship is required pursuant to contractual obligations.

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, feature trade‑offs, should‑cost/clean sheet models.
• Joint design development, via clear statements of work.
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM with Quality & Manufacturing to ramp production.
• Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on‑time and correctly, to scale.
• 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.
• Ensure completion of all vendor 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 TCO.
• Manage ad‑hoc cost issues (tariffs / import/export costs, cost inflation).
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, interfacing with production and manufacturing stakeholders on the shop floor.

Skills

Electronics/Mechanical design

Sourcing & procurement

Supplier development

Value/ procurement engineering

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME/BSEE)

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology leader seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across product lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross‑functional teams to optimize sourcing, evaluate BOMs, and accelerate time‑to‑production.

This role can be permanently based in Costa Mesa, CA or Ashville, OH, and requires a 3‑month training program: 1 month in Santa Ana, CA, then ~2 months in Atlanta, GA, with Anduril fully