# Cost Value Engineer, Intelligence Systems & Space (Active Clearance)

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

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Cost Value Engineer (Product Sourcing Engineer) for Intelligence Systems & Space programs drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril's product hardware across their lifecycles.

**Responsibilities**

- Deep dive into the engineering Bill of Material (BOM), working closely with engineering to ensure parts being designed can be sourced and procured at a reasonable target level.

- Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging the approved supplier list and onboarding unique vendors.

- Drive on-time delivery using unique solutions to break traditional Space industry lead-times and supply constraints.

- Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as concept scoping, feature trade-off/trade tables, should cost/clean sheet models, joint design development, and simulation of mechanical and electronics designs.

- Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing.

- Manage total cost of the program, including NPI and mass production throughout NPI.

- Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility.

- Complete the BOM risk assessment, including alternate component sourcing.

- Ensure completion of all component qualifications ahead of production.

- Reduce complexity: commonality optimization and 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, such as tariffs/import export cost and cost inflation.

- Manage supply issues as they arise, ensuring on-time delivery at or below target cost.

**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 at the component and product level.

- Active U.S. Secret or TS clearance and ability to maintain clearance.

- 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**

- Master's degree or advanced technical degree.

- Deeper experience within design and development of electronics and/or mechanical devices, advanced sourcing activities, supplier development, early supplier engagement, and familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment.

- Exposure to working in a fast-paced, start-up environment.

- Direct experience in the Space industry.

- Experience negotiating and managing commercial subcontracts.

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

- Income protection: life and disability insurance.

- Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans.

- Family planning and parenting support.

- Mental health resources.

- Professional development: annual reimbursement.

- Commuter benefits.

- Relocation assistance.

- Retirement savings plan.

## Skills

### Required
- sourcing engineering
- supplier engagement
- design of electronics
- mechanical devices
- value/procurement engineering
- TCO-related work

### Nice to have
- advanced sourcing activities
- supplier development
- early supplier engagement
- high-tech products
- Space industry
- commercial subcontracts

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