Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Electromagnetic Warfare

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Electrical is a high-profile, cross-functional role that supports development and production flow across Anduril’s critical supply base. The engineer works closely with internal engineering, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing teams, as well as suppliers, to develop and execute supply chain strategies that achieve production goals. The position expedites qualification and implementation of product designs with suppliers and optimizes designs for quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness throughout the product lifecycle.

The role owns electrical commodities and subcategories, including cables, harnesses, capacitors, connectors, PCB/PCBA, and chips. It leads supplier production strategies from new product introduction through full production, bringing up tooling and production lines, preparing suppliers for capacity expansion and ramp-up, and driving process controls and performance reviews. The engineer also evaluates supplier production capabilities and drives process and product improvements to reduce costs, supply risk, defects, and cycle time. The position is based onsite in Costa Mesa, California for candidates who are not already local, and requires at least 50% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 6 years of experience in supplier quality and industrialization within a manufacturing environment.
• Technical expertise in relevant categories, such as electronics manufacturing, SMT processing, or GD&T.
• Ability to travel at least 50% of the time.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local, to work onsite in Costa Mesa, California.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related technical field.
• Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or another related industry.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, standards, and certifications.
• Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment.
• Exposure to working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage electrical commodities and subcategories, including cables, harnesses, capacitors, connectors, PCB/PCBA, and chips, and execute supplier production strategies from NPI through full production across Anduril business lines.
• Contribute to the Supply Chain team and commodity strategy through ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage.
• Evaluate suppliers’ production capabilities, factory layouts, facilities, and workforce for potential inclusion in the Approved Supplier List.
• Support Product Sourcing Engineers, Global Strategic Sourcing Management, and Supplier Quality Engineers in ensuring suppliers understand and adhere to part-quality criteria set by SQE.
• Bring up new production tooling and lines and develop supplier capabilities as needed at supplier sites, ensuring materials, processes, and tools meet product performance, quality, and demand requirements.
• Own supplier capacity-expansion readiness and production ramp-up.
• Establish and drive supplier process-performance and controls (SPC) reviews.
• Identify and drive product and process improvements and factory-layout optimization at supplier sites to lower part cost, reduce supply risk, eliminate potential defects, and improve cycle time over the product lifecycle.
• Support SQE root-cause task forces by working with the Supply Chain team and suppliers, and close the loop on root-cause corrective and preventative actions at suppliers.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and are considered part of total compensation.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, available at little to no cost to employees. The posting does not specify individual benefit types.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior