Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Negotiation","Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Stakeholder management"]

Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer leads strategic supply network development and cost management for Anduril’s product hardware across lifecycles, collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing. Drives supplier selection, BOM development, CAPEX management, value-stream mapping, and cost engineering to optimize TCO and supply chain flexibility for high-tech defense hardware.

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Anduril
Anduril
2 months ago

Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer leads strategic supply network development and cost management for Anduril’s product hardware across lifecycles, collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing. Drives supplier selection, BOM development, CAPEX management, value-stream mapping, and cost engineering to optimize TCO and supply chain flexibility for high-tech defense hardware.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list
  • •Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development through concept scoping, trade-off analyses, should-cost models, joint design development with clear statements of work, and simulation of mechanical/electronics designs
  • •Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, collaborating with Quality and 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 BOM risk assessments including alternate component sourcing and qualifications ahead of production
  • •Reduce complexity through commonality optimization and supplier/component rationalization
  • •Lead cost engineering activities to converge bottoms-up costs to product cost, maximizing total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle
  • •Manage ad-hoc cost issues such as tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical field
  • •5+ 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 10% - 40% of the time
  • •Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA
Experience:5+ yearsDefenseHardwareSupply chainElectronicsMechanical
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:NegotiationCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingStakeholder management
Languages:English

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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