Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Deployed Special Projects
Anduril· Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Product Sourcing Engineering
Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Senior Product Sourcing Engineer on the Deployed Special Projects team responsible for architecting supply chains and cost strategies from concept to deployment, embedding with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams, and traveling to key sites to solve high-stakes challenges in real-time.
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 supply chain, engineering, or related 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
- Ability to travel ~60% 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 selectionCost engineering
Benefits
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (comprehensive, competitive benefits package)
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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