# Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Intelligence Systems & Space (Active Clearance)

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 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 Senior 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, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including folks in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

**Responsibilities**

- Deep dive into the 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 the 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, feature trade-off/trade tables, should cost/clean sheet models, joint design development, and 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 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, including alternate component sourcing.

- 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.

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical field.

- 8+ 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.

- 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 & 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-pace, start-up environment, direct experience in the Space industry, and experience negotiating and managing commercial subcontracts.

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost.

- Income Protection: Life and disability insurance.

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers.

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7.

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development.

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on region.

- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax options.

## Skills

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

### Nice to have
- design & development of electronics
- advanced sourcing activities
- supplier development
- early supplier engagement
- high-tech products in high-mix, low-volume environment
- Space industry
- commercial subcontracts negotiation

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