Cost Engineer – Water/Oil Pumps and Plastic Components for ICE (Internal Combustion Engines)

Tasks

Join our Drive Systems Cost Engineering team and contribute to smart, competitive, and sustainable cost decisions for key vehicle components. As a Cost Engineer, you will evaluate water pumps, oil pumps, and plastic components for internal combustion engine applications, supporting sourcing decisions, product changes, benchmarking activities, and strategic discussions with internal teams and suppliers.

How You Will Contribute

• Create transparent bottom-up cost calculations for water pumps, oil pumps, and plastic or injection-molded parts throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Analyze requirement specifications, technical drawings, and CAD data to define target costs and identify cost drivers.
• Evaluate manufacturing processes such as aluminum die casting, precision machining, injection molding, and assembly to optimize production costs.
• Create target cost structures, validate supplier quotations, and derive technology benchmarks.
• Assess supplier processes, machine concepts, capital expenditure, and cycle times.
• Support procurement in technical supplier discussions, price negotiations, and strategic sourcing decisions.
• Collaborate with R&D and Engineering on Design-to-Cost initiatives.
• Propose alternative materials, manufacturing technologies, or design simplifications without compromising quality or performance.
• Prepare technical and commercial decision briefs for management and specialist departments.
• Support procurement material assessments and supplier compensation evaluations.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical, automotive, plastics, or production engineering, or a comparable qualification.
• Solid technical knowledge of water pumps, oil pumps, and plastic parts, including relevant manufacturing processes.
• 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 clear communication skills.
• High initiative, strong communication skills, and team spirit.
• Fluent spoken and written English; German language skills are beneficial.

What You Can Expect

• A technically challenging role with meaningful impact and strong value creation.
• Influence over cost, technology, and supplier decisions in a strategic business area.
• Collaboration within an interdisciplinary and motivated team.
• Modern cost-engineering tools and methods with international exposure.

Benefits

Employee events, mobile phone, possible discounts, possible health benefits, meal discounts, hybrid work, flextime, mobility offers, annual profit share, coaching, parking, canteen, café, in-house doctor, nearby public transport, and near-site childcare.