Senior Category Manager, Sensors/Mission Systems

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 128,000 - 192,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Negotiation","Cross-functional collaboration","Data-driven","Communication"]

Senior Category Manager leads end-to-end sourcing for sensors/mission systems, developing commodity strategies to reduce cost, improve quality, and strengthen supply chain resilience. You’ll own supplier relationships, drive RFx processes, collaborate with Engineering and Contract Manufacturers, and guide product lifecycle sourcing decisions to ensure timely delivery and optimal terms for high-tech defense systems.

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Anduril
Anduril
1 year ago

Senior Category Manager, Sensors/Mission Systems

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Job Summary

Senior Category Manager leads end-to-end sourcing for sensors/mission systems, developing commodity strategies to reduce cost, improve quality, and strengthen supply chain resilience. You’ll own supplier relationships, drive RFx processes, collaborate with Engineering and Contract Manufacturers, and guide product lifecycle sourcing decisions to ensure timely delivery and optimal terms for high-tech defense systems.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute commodity strategies for sensors/mission systems focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience
  • •End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality parts, when needed, at the right cost
  • •Act as the sourcing expert for sensors/mission systems manufacturing
  • •Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for sensors/mission systems
  • •Own the business relationship with external Contract Manufacturing and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 128,000 - 192,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
  • •5+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of sensors/mission systems manufacturing, and/or sourcing engineering
  • •Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
  • •Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA
Experience:5+ yearsDefenseAerospaceHigh techSensorsMission systems
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipNegotiationCross-functional collaborationData-drivenCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RFxTCO analysisCost negotiationsSourcing engineeringPrototypeRFQ/RFP processes

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS

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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