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Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Product Sourcing Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior NPI Sourcing Engineer drives strategic supply network development and cost management of product hardware across lifecycles, collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams including engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list
  • 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 Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility
  • Manage the CAPEX 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

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 of value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level
  • 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

Skills

Required:Supplier selectionValue engineering / TCOCost engineeringBOM managementProject collaboration
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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