Overview

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. Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Responsibilities

- Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging an approved supplier list.
- Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as concept scoping to solidify requirements, feature trade-offs, and total cost of ownership modeling.
- Joint design development through clear statements of work and simulation of mechanical and electronics designs.
- Drive commercial strategy, development and execution of sourcing strategy using market knowledge, supplier rationalisation, and pricing plans to drive efficiency and cost reductions.
- Lead development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, collaborating with Quality & Manufacturing to ramp production internally and with suppliers with high flexibility.
- Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale up manufacturing operations.




- Manage supplier-related CAPEX verification during NPI and conduct value-stream mapping to optimize lead times and flexibility.
- Complete BOM risk assessments and develop part-level analysis plans; ensure component qualifications are completed ahead of production need dates.
- Reduce supply chain complexity through commonality optimization and component/supplier rationalisation.
- Lead all cost engineering activities to converge the bottom-up cost curve to product cost and maximize TCO across the product lifecycle.
- Manage ad-hoc cost issues such as tariffs, import/export costs, and cost inflation.

Required Qualifications

- Background in design & development of mechanical and/or electronics devices.
- Advanced sourcing activities, including roles as a commodity or sourcing manager.
- Early supplier engagement ahead of product/engineering requirement realization.
- Domain expertise in value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component and product level.
- Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or related technical degree.
- Eligibility to obtain an Australian NV1 clearance.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of factors, including base salary; actual offers may vary based on experience, education, and other considerations. Anduril offers equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees.

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📌 Product Sourcing Engineer (City of Sydney)
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📍 City of Sydney