Senior Procurement Engineer

The Senior Procurement Engineer drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril's product hardware across their lifecycles.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct supplier selection for specific products
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM
• Manage CAPEX throughout NPI
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
• Complete the BOM risk assessment
• Ensure completion of all component qualifications
• Reduce complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization
• Lead cost engineering activities to converge the bottoms-up cost curve to product cost
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues

Required Qualifications:

• 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 in value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work
• Ability to travel 10%-40% of the time
• Ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or advanced technical degree
• Experience in design and development of electronics and/or mechanical devices
• Advanced sourcing activities
• Supplier development
• Early supplier engagement
• Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
• Exposure to working in a fast-paced, start-up environment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance