Description
Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to join its Intelligence Systems & Space team. As a Product Sourcing Engineer, you will drive the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril's product hardware across their lifecycles. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functionally, including engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams.
Deep dive into your engineering Bill of Material (BOM), working closely with engineering to ensure parts being designed can be sourced & procured at a reasonable target level Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list as well as working to onboard unique vendors to support the needs of the Space & Intelligence business team Drive on time delivery utilizing unique solutions to break the mold of traditional Space industry lead-times and supply constraints 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 Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility Manage total cost of the program, including NPI & mass production 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 Managing supply issues as they arise, ensuring on time delivery at or below target cost