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Altius - Senior Product Sourcing Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Operations : Launched Effects Supply Chain
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Sourcing Engineer responsible for strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril’s product hardware across lifecycles, collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ramp production and optimize total cost of ownership.

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
  • Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility
  • Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale
  • 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 vendor 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
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, regular interaction with production and manufacturing stakeholders and frequently working directly on the production floor

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience, ideally with background in design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices
  • Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers
  • Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.)
  • Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realization
  • Domain expertise must include value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level
  • Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree preferred
  • U.S. citizenship is required pursuant to contractual obligations

Skills

Required:Supplier selectionValue engineeringNPI procurementBOM managementCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Health, recovery, and comprehensive benefits package (available at little to no cost)
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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