Anduril Industries
Product Sourcing Engineer
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a Product Sourcing Engineer to drive strategic supply network development and cost management for defense technology hardware across product lifecycles. You'll collaborate with suppliers, engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to optimize sourcing, accelerate product development, and manage total cost of ownership for advanced aerial drone systems.
What you'll do
- Select suppliers and manage supplier relationships for component and system development
- Lead new product introduction (NPI) procurement, BOM development, and production ramp activities
- Conduct value-stream mapping and cost engineering to optimize supply chain lead time and total cost of ownership
- Perform design trade-offs, should-cost modeling, and joint development activities with strategic suppliers
- Complete BOM risk assessments, component qualifications, and alternate sourcing strategies
- Manage capital expenditure throughout NPI and address ad-hoc cost issues like tariffs and inflation
What they're looking for
- Supplier selection and development
- New product introduction (NPI) and procurement
- Cost engineering and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis
- Electronics and mechanical design knowledge
- Bill of Materials (BOM) development
- Value-stream mapping and supply chain optimization
- Cross-functional collaboration
- High-mix, low-volume manufacturing experience
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with supplier selection and early supplier engagement—how have you leveraged an approved supplier list to accelerate product development?
- Describe a time you led cost engineering or value engineering activities on a hardware product. How did you converge bottom-up cost models to target product cost?