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Head of Sensors & Radar Strategic Supply Chain

Anduril· Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Global Sourcing & Supplier Development
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Costa Mesa, CA$253k - $336kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Director-level leadership role responsible for architecting and executing the sourcing strategy across optical and radar commodities, leading a team to secure supply continuity, drive cost and technology roadmaps, and negotiate strategic partnerships in a complex defense hardware environment.

Responsibilities

  • Enterprise Supply Chain Vision & Strategy: Define and execute multi-year global sourcing strategies across complex sensor domains, including AESA, millimeter-wave radar, SWIR/MWIR/LWIR optical engines, precision optomechanics, and beam-steering systems.
  • Team Leadership & Scale: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of commodity managers, strategic sourcing leads, and technical sourcing engineers across multiple global sites.
  • Supplier Relationship Management: Drive deep sub-tier visibility beyond Tier 1; manage investments in supplier-owned tooling, cleanroom allocations, precision optical fabrication machinery, and specialized RF/optical test fixtures.
  • Cross-Functional Engineering Alignment: Partner with Optical Engineers, RF/Antenna Designers, and Sensor Architecture teams during early-stage R&D/NPI to qualify detector tech, influence DFM/DFT, and establish yield-improvement roadmaps.
  • Commercial & Strategic Negotiations: Lead negotiations for MSAs, development agreements, LTSAs, and complex SOWs—optimizing pricing, IP protection, warranty, payment terms, and lead times.
  • Supply Chain Resilience & Risk Mitigation: Identify single-source dependencies, geopolitical vulnerabilities, capacity constraints; implement dual-sourcing and strategic buffer inventories.
  • Cost Architecture & TCO Modeling: Conduct should-cost analyses, teardown studies, and TCO evaluations from concept through end-of-life.
  • Executive Communication: Regular reviews with C-suite and leadership; serve as primary executive escalation point for critical supply chain matters.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, Business, or related technical discipline.
  • 10+ years of experience in optical & radar strategic sourcing, global commodity management, or supply chain leadership in complex hardware manufacturing.
  • 5+ years of experience building, managing, and scaling procurement or supply chain teams.
  • Proven expertise negotiating enterprise-level agreements and managing EO/IR architectures, radar/RF sub-tier manufacturing, or precision optics fabrication.
  • Track record of managing supplier lifecycles and negotiating multi-million-dollar commercial agreements.
  • Deep understanding of NPI workflows and scaling from prototype to high-rate production.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%-50% domestically and internationally.
  • Ability to relocate to onsite Costa Mesa, CA if not locally-based.

Skills

Required:Optical & Radar Strategic SourcingContract Negotiation (MSAs, SOWs, LTSAs)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, recovery, and related support (details available in company benefits information).
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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