Senior Sourcing Engineer, Optics and Infrared Materials

The role

The Senior Sourcing Engineer owns supply chain outcomes for electro-optical and infrared sensor systems. You will manage end-to-end supplier relationships, negotiate commercial structures, and secure capacity for products moving into rate production.

What you will do

• Own suppliers end to end including identification, selection, and RFQs.
• Negotiate commercial structures including pricing, capacity, and service terms.
• Develop should-cost and clean-sheet models and drive total cost of ownership.
• Secure capacity ahead of ramp by mapping supply network lead time and flexibility.
• Provide design for manufacturability feedback to engineering.
• De-risk the bill of material through risk assessments and qualifying alternates.
• Escalate and clear blockers through program reviews and operational forums.
• Incorporate compliance into sourcing decisions regarding export control and domestic content.
• Complete supplier qualification and coordinate with Supplier Quality Organization.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 8 or more years across sourcing engineering, commodity management, supplier development, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, or cost engineering
• Experience owning supplier relationships that included both technical assessment and commercial negotiation
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and CAD model and assemblies
• Ability to travel 10-25% of the time for vendor on-site visits
• Eligible to access export-controlled technical data under United States export control law
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. secret clearance

Nice to have

• Advanced technical degree
• Experience in infrared or electro-optical systems, precision optics, photonics, sensors, or other high-precision hardware
• Should-cost or clean-sheet cost modeling, design-to-cost, or value engineering work
• Experience taking a product from development into rate production, particularly in high-mix low-volume environments
• Experience negotiating long-term agreements, supply agreements, or capacity commitments
• Familiarity with defense acquisition regulation flowdowns, export control, rated orders, country of origin, or domestic content requirements
• Experience in a fast-moving company where the process was still being built

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligible to access export-controlled technical data under United States export control law
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. secret clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.