Costing Engineer (Vehicle Interior)

Location: Chennai, India

Work time: Full-time

Date: October 2022

Global description:

At A2Mac1, we're a diverse group, spread across the globe, who are united by a shared set of values and goals. We're committed to performing well as individuals and in teams for the betterment of our company.

A2Mac1 has a collaborative work environment that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.

As part of our international costing &insights team, you focus on generating costing & insights by combining the data generated by several teams (Technology, Costing & Sustainability team, Performance, and Market insights team) to deliver customers valuable and unique studies to support them in optimizing their products.

You are responsible for the day-to-day project activities and cost studies. You manage your regular work and expect to support others. You organize the delivery of your project or study according to the clients' expectations. You ensure that you have the necessary skills to deliver on time and with the expected quality. You ensure a technical watch and follow the training to maintain your skills at an optimal efficiency. You are source of proposal to improve the overall production results.

Expected knowledge and role

The Costing Engineer should have knowledge of at least 3 to 4 Manufacturing processes such as Plastic Injection, Spray Painting (interior), chrome plating, skin lamination, Thermo-Forming (Felt, Fabrics), Stamping, In-Mold Film decoration, Water transfer, Polyurethane foaming, Smart surfaces, Interior lighting, Haptic surfaces, HMI, Safety (sensors, airbags, restraints), Assembly (plastic welding, just-in-time). In addition, he must have extended Product Knowledge especially in Human-Machine Interface, Interior cockpit, Seats, Costing Methodologies (Zero Based Costing / Should Costing / Bottom up costing / Design to Cost) or financial cost control.

The role will focus on:

Customer satisfaction

Design optimization according to perceived quality, lightweight, carbon footprint

Costing activities for projects and/or programs

Compliance with deliverables and milestones

Design Analysis based on features / functional parameters

Automotive market monitoring and continuous self-development

Your responsibilities are:

Conduct cost/performance benchmarking and value analysis studies

• Understand Customers' design problematics and targets
• Project activity: planning, quality, meeting deadlines, etc.
• Identify right benchmarks from database and analysis in exchange with customer's product
• Provide comparative critical design analysis
• Estimate bottom-up costing / ZBC / Directional costing of different automotive design solutions
• Analyze input data, identify materials and manufacturing processes, cost them using internal tools and methodologies
• Understand and explain product operation (system, subsystem, component, function, etc.).
• Identify and recommend ways to optimize the cost of a system / vehicle features
• Produce study reports according to required quality standards and templates (Power BI, Power Point)
• Present results and ensure client satisfaction
• Attend meetings and report the update of assigned projects
• Supporting team members as and when necessary

Write and update technical content / Improve internal tools and templates

Qualifications & interpersonal skills

• 8 12 years of relevant experience for Senior Cost & Insights Engineer / 0 to 7 years of relevant experience for Cost & Insights Engineer, should have completed studies in B.E. / M.E. in Mechanical or Automobile or Electrical or Electronics or Mechatronics, must have some knowledge on automobile and auto-parts.
• Looking for candidates who are passionate about the Mobility of the Future, perceived quality and interior cockpit comfort, end-user automotive experience
• Ability to meet tight project deadlines and work in Agile mode
• Excellent team player, ready to help and showing strong initiative
• Experience in electronics (smart surfaces, human-machine interface, artificial intelligence on-board, ECU architecture for interior, passive safety electronics, interior lighting).
• Familiar with Vehicle safety regulations and knowledge of design rules (interior passive safety)
• Direct exposure to manufacturing processes (at least 3, according to interior technologies) at a car-maker or subsidiary plant
• Understanding of technically complex contexts (Proprietary parts)
• An open-minded personality, self-confident appearance as well as very good English skills
• Familiar with industrial or engineering Bill of Materials structure
• Familiat with Cost Structure (including manufacturing, vendor tooling and design and development of proprietary parts)
• Good communication skills with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally in an international environment and a remote team
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong technical mindset and able to read and interpret technical data and translate/decipher to others
• Results oriented and organized with the ability to deliver against deadlines

Other

Location: Oragadam, Chennai, India

Travels: linked with priorities and plan

Qualification

Bachelor's Degree