Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Intelligence Systems (Active Clearance)

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 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 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, e.g., tariffs/import export cost, and cost inflation.
• Managing supply issues as they arise, ensuring on-time delivery at or below target cost.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and other support.

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 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 Reston, VA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or advanced technical degree.
• Deeper experience within:
• Design and development of electronics and/or mechanical devices.
• Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers.
• Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain).
• 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-paced, start-up environment.
• Direct experience in the Space industry.
• Experience negotiating and managing commercial subcontracts.