Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Energetics/Munitions

andurilindustries

Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa · United States

Posted Jul 27, 2026

Full-time
On-site
Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Global Sourcing & Supplier Development

Job description

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. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Energetics is the domain expert for the energetics commodities for Anduril Industries. This is a proactive, high-impact role in securing critical components, materials, and services that power our products. This role will be responsible for developing new supplier and new sourcing partnerships that can be incorporated into new products, as well as existing products to improve their technologies, cost, and quality. There is broad internal cross functional partnership to evaluate supplier opportunities, while ensuring commercial agreements, intellectual property, and statement of works are accurate and well established prior to pipelining.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Develop and execute commodity strategies for energetics, focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience
End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality parts, when needed, at the right cost
Act as the sourcing expert for energetics manufacturing
Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for energetics
Own the business relationship with external Contract Manufacturing and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution
Partner with the Engineering team and Contract Manufacturers to influence technical design specs and customize product and manufacturing requirements
Perform detailed analysis of quote submissions based on cost breakdown from data. Deep dive into every element of the supply chain and make data-driven decisions based on TCO
Work closely with cross-functional teams to support prototype requirements, execute against build milestones, and lead sourcing activities
Influence CM’s manufacturing processes and CapEx and technology decisions
Negotiate key agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, quality, flexibility, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
Collaborate internally, negotiate the right tradeoffs, solicit cooperation and resolve problems, and advance new supplier or product offerings
Provide strong technical direction within the specific commodities, by evaluating and guiding product strategy throughout the product lifecycle
Manage and lead the operations effort of developing new and adaptations of existing technologies for Anduril
Develop & execute commercial agreements to properly reflect the expectations of project, which include fixed and variable costs, lead-times, schedules, manufacturing capacities, etc
Conduct regular technology reviews to Executive staff and management
Own the supplier performance management of their respective commodities, which includes key delivery, quality, cost, and innovation metrics
Act as the primary escalation for their respective commodity

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
5+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of energetics/missiles manufacturing, and/or sourcing engineering
Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industry
Well-versed in TCO analysis to ensure data-driven analytics tied to component and supplier selection, in a product-based ecosystem
Strategic thinker, experienced putting together commodities strategy/roadmap with key engineering stakeholders
Proven leadership in driving and influencing other teams to a common goal. You know how to effectively communicate and collaborate cross functionally and with all levels within an organization
Can wear different hats and it a strong team player to help your team move forward.
You are fluent in other cross functional areas to fill gaps and remove roadblocks when needed
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

US Salary Range

$166,000—$220,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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