# Product Sourcing Engineer, Advanced Effects

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Product 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.

Key responsibilities include: Conducting supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging Anduril's approved supplier list Partnering with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as concept scoping, feature trade-off analysis, and joint design development Developing and consolidating a manufacturing bill of materials (BOM) to ramp production internally and with suppliers Managing capital expenditures (CAPEX) throughout new product introduction (NPI) Conducting value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility Completing BOM risk assessments, including alternate component sourcing Ensuring completion of all component qualifications ahead of production Reducing complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalization Leading 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 Managing ad-hoc cost issues, such as tariffs/import/export costs and cost inflation

Required qualifications include: Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field 3+ 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

Preferred qualifications include: Master's degree or advanced technical degree in mechanical engineering Deeper experience 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 Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment Exposure to working in a fast-pace, start-up environment Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

## Skills

### Required
- supply chain
- engineering
- sourcing engineering
- supplier engagement and development
- design of electronics and/or mechanical devices
- value/procurement engineering
- TCO-related work
- capital expenditures
- new product introduction
- value-stream mapping
- component qualifications
- cost engineering
- total cost of ownership

### Nice to have
- master's degree in mechanical engineering
- design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices
- advanced sourcing activities
- supplier development
- early supplier engagement
- high-tech products
- fast-pace, start-up environment
- U.S. TS clearance

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