Product Sourcing Engineer

Position: Product Sourcing Engineer (Warfighter Systems)

Company: disclosed upon screening call

Location: Costa Mesa, CA

Role Overview:

• Lead sourcing efforts across the Warfighter Systems business line, supporting command-and-control products and connected warfare technologies.
• Own supplier selection and partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development through concept scoping, feature trade-offs, should-cost/clean-sheet modeling, and joint design development.
• Drive development and consolidation of the manufacturing BOM with Quality and Manufacturing to support flexible production ramp.
• Own NPI component procurement and manage CAPEX throughout NPI.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to improve supply-network lead time and flexibility.
• Complete BOM risk assessments, alternate component sourcing, and vendor component qualifications ahead of production.
• Lead component/supplier rationalization and cost-engineering initiatives focused on total cost of ownership (TCO), including tariffs, import/export costs, and inflation.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally spanning electronics and/or mechanical device development, advanced sourcing/commodity management, and supplier development.
• Experience engaging suppliers early in the product-development cycle.
• Expertise in value engineering, procurement engineering, or TCO analysis at the component and product level.
• Familiarity with high-tech, high-mix, low-volume product environments.
• Strong understanding of contracting processes and developing stages of program management.
• Ability to navigate complex contractual landscapes and coordinate impacts across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder communication and financial-management skills, including budget development and tracking.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or a related technical field preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance.

Preferred:

• Track record of implementing best practices that improve operational efficiency and sustainable growth.
• Experience with both hardware and software development lifecycles.
• PMP certification or equivalent.