1. SCOPE 

Scope of the activity is to provide support for Global Cost Engineering Electrical Systems (CEES) team.

Cost Engineer will be responsible to develop technical variable and tooling costs for an assigned set of components and systems using activity-based costing methodologies while working from BOM (Bill of Materials), drawings and/or samples. Engineers provide subject matter expertise to support engineering and purchasing at working levels and vehicle program leadership through all development phases. The Engineer must have the ability to analyze supplier quotes and reach agreement on appropriate costs. Additionally, the Engineer needs to be able to interact with the team in Design to Cost initiatives, Benchmarking, Direct Material and Tooling Costs.

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION  

The requested activities consist of: 

Supporting projects with cost support from early development phases/milestones to the serial life of the component domain requested.  

• Development of Costing in support of Technical Estimation and/or Should Cost based on technical features, specifications and Bill of Material 
• Propose economic savings and optimization during vehicle milestones and cost target development. Directly input design cost saving ideas into CE Opportunity Portfolio System 
• Support as an active cross-functional teammate to Engineering, Vehicle Team, Purchasing. Providing data driven cost deltas for target and quote gap closure. 
• Help and Support Negotiation during Component RFQ, Change Notes, Vehicle milestones 
• Utilize Stellantis Methodology and cost database/calculators to develop and deliver cost analysis 
• Support Stellantis Benchmarking & Purchasing/Engineering Commodity Strategies 

3. PERIMETER IN SCOPE 

Cost Engineer perimeter includes assigned components within the Electrical sub-unit team within CE.  

4. INPUT 

Stellantis will provide the method to perform Cost Engineering activities along with internal Costing Tools to be utilized to perform work.

5. OUTPUT 

Cost Engineer will be expected to provide output of cost analysis within appropriate systems/files as defined by Stellantis.

Examples of expected outputs are: 

• Cost Analysis results documented and presented to vehicle program teams as regionally required
• Inputs within Global CE Documenting and KPI Tracking Systems
• Design to Cost and Technical saving ideas placed into Portfolio Cost Opportunities database