Product Sourcing Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Tactical Recon Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces .

ABOUT THE JOB

The Sourcing Engineer drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril’s product hardware, across their lifecycles, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including folks in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

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 to quickly solidify requirements

Feature trade-off / trade tables

Should cost / Clean sheet models

Joint design development, via clear statements of work

Simulation of mechanical electronics designs

Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility

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, etc.

Ensure completion of all 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 the total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle

Manage ad-hoc cost issues e.g., tariffs / import export cost, and cost inflation

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of experience, ideally has background within:

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

Some exposure working in a start-up environment

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree preferred. Advanced technical degree or MBA strongly preferred

U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

US Salary Range

$111,000 $147,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, in…