Senior Cost Engineer E&E

Cost engineers general


Your main responsibility will be to calculate part prices and tooling investments, both in new truck projects and as a support to today’s truck business. You will perform cost target setting and cost breakdowns of new and existing parts based on drawings or physical parts.


You will start early in the concept selection phase, working intimately with engineering and design. You will follow the products thru the development phases and then actively support the targets you have set in the sourcing process.
Another part of Cost Engineering work is to support the change management process, calculating impact in tooling and product cost.


In this work it’s important to cooperate with many different parts of our organization such as buyers, engineers, project leaders, module managers and of course your colleagues within the Product Finance department.


We are now looking for a engineering specialist in the area of:


Cost Engineer Electric / Electronics


We believe that you experienced in processes and materials in relation to electrical / electronics production. This would mean manufacturing process and technology around areas like Vehicle Energy and Propulsion Management, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ADAS, Onboard Connectivity, telematic Architecture and Infotainment (radio , Displays etc.
Main focus would be manufacturing and components knowhow in these kinds of systems.


You should have knowledge in process / production times, assembly methods and of how production setups for different parts are done.


You have as a minimum a B.Sc. in electronics or electro mechanics engineering or equivalent experience. Other important experience can be from manufacturing engineering, sales engineering, or product development.


Further about Cost Engineering


In you daily work you will be an active partner with PD supporting with Design to Cost – giving industrial engineering support giving advice on efficient designs for manufacturability and on material selection that fulfils the design criteria.
You will be an active partner in negotiations together with purchasing both in the initial sourcing and in the change management process.


You will be required to be able to take in-depth technical discussions with supplier in their production lines or lay-outs about cost drivers and investments.
In the change management you should be able to understand the impact in tools and be able to transfer this into cost
You will be required to frequently visit suppliers / technical exhibitions, this in order to be aware of current production methods and materials, but also future technologies that will be used when our trucks go into production.


As a person you are easy to cooperate with and are willing to contribute to the team. You are also able to take your own initiatives and can work independently. It’s important that you are analytic and structured. We also believe that you are interested in both the commercial and technical aspects of our products and projects and that you are comfortable with negotiations.


Since we are a global company almost all our communication is in English and it’s therefore necessary that you are fluent in writing and speaking English.


For more information please contact the manager Nylander Gunnar +46 76 5533965


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