Strategic Sourcing Intern — 12-Week Summer (In-Person)

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer intern in California to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams as well as suppliers to accelerate development and optimize costs.

The internship requires returning to school and being a US person, with in-person work at our Costa Mesa office during the summer of 2027.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export‑controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
• Ability to complete a 12‑week in‑person internship in one of our offices in summer 2027.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging approved supplier list.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as concept scoping and feature trade-offs.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategy via market knowledge, supplier rationalization, and pricing plans.
• Drive BOM development and consolidation with Quality & Manufacturing to ramp production.
• Lead all cost engineering activities to converge cost curves toward product cost and TCO.
• Manage ad‑hoc cost issues (tariffs, import/export costs, cost inflation) and CAPEX verifications for NPI.
• Drive design and implementation of scalable supply chain processes and systems.
• Manage project schedules, critical paths, and risk mitigation to keep initiatives on track.
• Establish program structure and milestones to drive accountability across stakeholders.

Skills

Supplier selection

Cost modeling

SOW development

BOM management

NPI procurement

CAPEX coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor's or Master's)

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer intern in California to drive strategic supply network development and cost management across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams as well as suppliers to accelerate development and optimize costs.

The internship requires returning to school and being a US person, with in-person work at our Costa Mesa office during the summer of 2027.