Senior Sourcing Engineer - Active Clearance
Company: Anduril Industries
Location: Costa Mesa
Posted on: May 24, 2023
Job Description:
Anduril is a defense technology company, bringing Silicon Valley
talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our
customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make
better, more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. We've
assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence,
computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis that are
creating software and hardware solutions to radically evolve the
capabilities of the United States and our allies. 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.WHAT YOU'LL
DO:
- Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging
our approved supplier list
- Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product
development via activities such as:
- Concept scoping to quickly solidify requirements
- Feature trade-off / trade tables
- Should cost / Clean sheet models
- Joint design development, via clear statements of work
- Simulation of mechanical & electronics designs
- 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
- Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI
- Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead
time and flexibility
- Complete the BOM risk assessment, include alternate component
sourcing, etc.
- Ensure completion of all component qualifications, ahead of
production
- Reduce complexity: commonality optimization &
component/supplier rationalization
- 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 inflationREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 7+ years of experience, ideally has background within:
- Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical
devices
- Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as
commodity/sourcing managers
- Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain,
etc.)
- Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering
requirement realization
- 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
- Some exposure working in a start-up environment
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related
technical degree. Advanced technical degree or MBA strongly
preferred
- Must possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret
security clearanceAs an employee at a growing startup you will be
given broad leeway to solve problems with the resources needed to
win!Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage
candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone
passionate to work on problems that matter, we'd love to hear from
you!
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