Do you want to combine technology, cost transparency, and the future of vehicle electronics in one impactful role? Join our Electrics / Electronics Cost Engineering team and help turn technical insight into smart, competitive, and sustainable cost decisions for key vehicle components.

In this role, you will be at the interface of engineering, purchasing, suppliers, and product strategy. You will evaluate electronic components such as control units, wiring harnesses, sensors, actuators, and related assemblies, using your technical understanding and analytical mindset to create transparency, challenge assumptions, and support better business decisions.

How You Will Contribute

·      Create transparent bottom-up cost calculations that reveal the true cost structure of electrical and electronic components such as control units, wiring harnesses, sensors, actuators, and comparable assemblies

·      Analyze requirement specifications, technical drawings, and CAD data to define realistic target costs and uncover key cost drivers

·      Develop reliable reference calculations that give Purchasing, Engineering, and management a strong basis for sourcing decisions, price negotiations, and technical evaluations

·      Shape target costs for sourcing scopes and contribute to cost-optimized, technically sound product concepts from an early stage

·      Collaborate closely with Purchasing, Development, Quality, and other partner departments to challenge supplier quotations, understand cost drivers, and identify optimization potential

·      Equip Purchasing with clear, fact-based assessments of quotations, technical concepts, and supplier assumptions

·       Assess cost impacts in change management, including technical changes, component substitutions, and process adjustments

·       Contribute your expertise in technical discussions, supplier meetings, and cost workshops to help drive well-founded decisions

·       Evaluate electronics manufacturing processes such as printed circuit board assembly, soldering, testing technology, and housing production

·       Analyze key cost drivers, including semiconductors, printed circuit boards, connectors, housing, software and functional scopes, testing effort, and supply chain impacts

·       Turn competitive analyses into practical cost potential, product ideas, and technology benchmarks

·       Prepare clear technical and commercial decision papers

·       Take ownership of work packages, deadlines, and project coordination tasks in an international environment where your contribution has visible impact

·       Support procurement material assessments and supplier compensation evaluations:

o   Assess supplier compensation requests when negotiated volume assumptions have not been achieved

Evaluate supplier compensation requests when key negotiation assumptions have changed significantly, including material costs, energy, and labor

What You Bring

•         Degree in mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, plastics engineering, production engineering, or a comparable qualification

•         Solid technical knowledge of internal engine components, in particular:

o   Water pumps (die casting, injection molding, sintering, injection compression molding)

o   Oil pumps (die casting, injection molding, sintering, injection compression molding)

o   Plastic parts (injection molding, assembly)

•         Experience in cost engineering, manufacturing process analysis, or comparable technical fields

•         Confident handling of technical drawings, process parameters, machine layouts, and investment calculations

•         Strong analytical and commercial mindset, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly and effectively to different audiences

•         High level of initiative, strong communication skills, and team spirit

•         Fluent in spoken and written English; German language skills are highly beneficial

What You Can Expect

•         A technically challenging role with high complexity, meaningful impact, and strong value creation

•         The opportunity to influence cost, technology, and supplier decisions in a strategic business area

•         Collaboration within an interdisciplinary and motivated team

•         Modern tools and methods in cost engineering, combined with international exposure to supplier and production networks

Ready to make an impact? If you enjoy connecting engineering detail with commercial impact, this role offers a strong platform to contribute to future-oriented cost engineering decisions.