The CEES Cost Engineer will be responsible for the evaluation and understanding of components pricing for Low Voltage and High Voltage Wire Harnesses.
Cost Engineer responsibilities will include analyzing manufacturing operations, designing workflows and production processes, understanding raw material markets and the supply base. The Wire Harness Cost Engineer will assist the worldwide teams with technical services to estimate component prices for the new technologies.
The mission:
- Contribute to the Strategic Vision for Sourcing.
- Provide Long-term techno-economical guidance and direction for individuals and projects products.
- Stay one step ahead of the product development, challenge and set contacts with components manufacturing and designers.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Research relevant market trends, industrial standards, and innovations
- Build and maintain databases for Wire Harness Components and Raw Materials
- Build the techno-economical assessment reference for Wire Harness Manufacturing
- Build and maintain the regional Model Plant databases
- Evaluate and negotiate the NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) with Suppliers & ED&D
- Contribute to specification and design of future Stellantis’s Wire Harnesses
- Perform Competitive Benchmarking and suggest value optimization ideas to programs to ensure the competitiveness of Stellantis solutions
- Multicultural environment covering worldwide perimeter
Preferred Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related scientific field
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in the Auto industry
- Excellent communication skills and ability to create high quality presentation materials and reports for presentation to management levels
- Must demonstrate a high level of organization and ability to track a high number of part numbers and part complexity
- Proficient in MS Office suite of tools including PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Ability to interface with all levels of the enterprise, across multiple organizations and regions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related scientific field
- Working knowledge of PCBs and PCB Assemblies as well as other electronic components
- Experience in production facilities along with knowledge of how Wire Harnesses are made
- Working knowledge of wire design development and the steps required to deliver a solution
- Experience with Capital XC as a wiring design platform
- Familiarity with Cost Model elements and how to apply Activity Based Costing to component cost development
Top Skills
What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
