Description
As a Senior Supplier Sourcing Engineer, you will drive 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.
You will be the end-to-end owner of the supply chain for the Anduril Intelligence & Space business line, responsible for engineering support, vendor onboarding & development, as well as sourcing, pricing, and negotiating for the total Bill of Material (BOM).
Key responsibilities include:
Deep diving 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.
Conducting 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.
Driving on-time delivery utilising unique solutions to break the mould of traditional Space industry lead-times and supply constraints.
Partnering 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, simulation of mechanical & electronics designs, and more.
Developing and consolidating a manufacturing Bill of Materials, working with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility.
Managing the total cost of the programme, including NPI & mass production throughout NPI.
Conducting value-stream mapping to optimise supply network lead time and flexibility.
Completing the BOM risk assessment, including alternate component sourcing, etc.
Ensuring completion of all component qualifications, ahead of production.
Reducing complexity through commonality optimisation & component/supplier rationalisation.
Leading all cost engineering activities to converge the bottoms-up cost curve to product cost, maximising the total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle.
Managing ad-hoc cost issues, such as tariffs / import-export cost, and cost inflation.
Managing supply issues as they arise, ensuring on-time delivery at or below target cost.
Requirements:
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 programme needs.
Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.
Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree or advanced technical degree, deeper experience within design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices, and more.