2027 Product Sourcing Engineer Intern

About the Role

We are looking for Product Sourcing Engineer interns to join our rapidly growing teams. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the strategic supply network development and cost management of Anduril’s product hardware, across their lifecycles, by collaborating with suppliers and cross-functionally, including stakeholders in engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging 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
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling
• Joint design development, via clear statements of work
• Simulation of mechanical & electronics designs
• Develop and execute on sourcing strategy via full market knowledge, supplier rationalization, commodity pricing plan and effective principles to drive efficiency and cost.
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility.
• Be accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale up manufacturing operations.
• Manage the request for and associated verification of supplier related CAPEX throughout NPI.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility.
• Complete the BOM risk assessment and develop plan per part analysis.
• Follow through completion of component qualifications by relevant stakeholders, ahead of production need dates.
• Reduce complexity of supply chain through 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 inflation).
• Drive the design and implementation of new supply chain processes and systems, ensuring they meet business requirements and are built for scale.
• Manage project schedules, identify critical path activities, and proactively identify and mitigate risks to keep initiatives on track.
• Hold project teams and stakeholders accountable for deliverables and deadlines, navigating organizational complexity to clear roadblocks and drive decisions.
• Establish program structure, milestones, and operating rhythms to ensure accountability and drive results across the business.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders and influence without formal authority in ambiguous, high-stakes situations.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
• Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in one of our offices in summer 2027.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background within:
• Design & development of mechanical and/or electronics devices
• Advanced sourcing activities, including positions working as a commodity/sourcing manager
• Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.)
• Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realization
• Exposure to 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.

US Hourly Range: $32 - $45 USD