Altius - Product Sourcing Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p> <h3>ABOUT THE TEAM</h3> <div>The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces<em>.</em></div> <p> </p> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"> <h3>ABOUT THE JOB</h3> The Sourcing Engineer drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril’s product hardware, across their lifecycles, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including folks in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.</div> <div class="section page-centered"> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL DO:</h4> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list</li> <li>Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as:</li> <li>Concept scoping to quickly solidify requirements</li> <li>Feature trade-off / trade tables</li> <li>Should cost / Clean sheet models</li> <li>Joint design development, via clear statements of work</li> <li>Simulation of mechanical & electronics designs</li> <li>Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility</li> <li>Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale</li> <li>Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI</li> <li>Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility</li> <li>Complete the BOM risk assessment, include alternate component sourcing, etc.</li> <li>Ensure completion of all component qualifications, ahead of production</li> <li>Reduce complexity: commonality opti