Senior Sourcing Engineer, Advanced Effects

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Senior Product Sourcing Engineer responsible for strategic supply network development and cost management of hardware across lifecycles. Collaborates with engineering, quality, and manufacturing; leads supplier selection, cost engineering, BOM development, and value-stream optimization to minimize total cost of ownership while accelerating product development.

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6 months ago

Senior Sourcing Engineer, Advanced Effects

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Job Summary

Senior Product Sourcing Engineer responsible for strategic supply network development and cost management of hardware across lifecycles. Collaborates with engineering, quality, and manufacturing; leads supplier selection, cost engineering, BOM development, and value-stream optimization to minimize total cost of ownership while accelerating product development.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Key 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, trade-off analysis, should-cost/clean-sheet modeling, joint design development with statements of work, and simulation of mechanical and electronics designs.
  • •Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with suppliers with high flexibility.
  • •Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI and conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility.
  • •Lead cost engineering activities to converge bottoms-up cost curve to product cost, maximizing total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle; manage ad-hoc cost issues like tariffs/cost inflation.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
  • •8+ 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, variable based on program needs.
  • •Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA
Experience:8+ yearsDefenseHardwareElectronicsManufacturing
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ElectronicsMechanical designCost engineeringSOWBOMCAPEXTCO

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS clearance

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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