Senior 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><strong>ABOUT THE TEAM <br></strong><br>The Maneuver Dominance (MD) Team at Anduril develops aerial robotic systems designed to operate in large coordinated teams in concert with ground maneuver forces. We leverage existing Anduril drone platforms like Ghost, Altius, or Roadrunner, in addition to bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem. We develop perception and autonomy algorithms to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.<strong><br><br>ABOUT THE JOB<br></strong><br>Anduril is seeking a Product Sourcing Engineer to join the Maneuver Dominance team. The Product Sourcing Engineer drives the strategic supply network development and cost management of the Maneuver Dominance product portfolio across their lifecycles, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including folks in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.</p> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL DO</h4> <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> <ul> <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> </ul> <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>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 optimization & component/supplier rationalization</li> <li>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</li> <li>Manage ad-hoc cost issues e.g., tariffs / import export cost, and cost inflation</li> </ul> <h4>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</h4> <ul> <li>Master's degree or advanced technical degree in mechanical engineering</li> <li>Deeper experience within:</li> <ul> <li>Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices</li> <li>Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers</li> <li>Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.)</li> <li>Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realization</li> </ul> <li>Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environmen