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Supplier Engineering Manager [Electrical]

Anduril· Manufacturing : Undersea Dominance - Production : Supply Chain
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Sydney, NSWFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Supplier Engineering Manager focused on 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 approved supplier list.
  • Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via: concept scoping, feature trade-off / trade tables, Total Cost of Ownership modeling, joint design development with clear statements of work, simulation of mechanical & electronics designs, drive commercial.
  • Development and execution of sourcing strategy via full market knowledge, supplier rationalisation, commodity pricing plan and effective principles to drive efficiency and cost
  • 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 up manufacturing operations
  • Manage the request for and associated verification of supplier related CAPEX throughout NPI
  • Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
  • Complete the BOM risk assessment and develop plan per part analysis
  • Follow through completion of component qualifications by relevant stakeholders, ahead of production need dates
  • Reduce complexity of supply chain through commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalisation
  • 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 (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree
  • Must be eligible to obtain an Australian NV1 clearance
  • Ideally has background within: Design & development of electronics devices; Advanced sourcing activities, including positions working as a commodity/sourcing manager; Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.); Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realisation
  • 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

Skills

Required:Supplier selectionTotal Cost of Ownership (TCO)Sourcing strategyNPI procurementBOM management

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and other)
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Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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