Chassis Value Optimization Engineer

The Senior Value Optimization Engineer Chassis will lead technical cost reduction and value optimization initiatives across chassis systems and components while ensuring performance safety quality and customer experience are fully maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead identification benchmarking budgeting and tracking of technical cost reduction initiatives for chassis systems and components

• Define and support cost target setting and ensure delivery against approved objectives

• Generate evaluate and approve ideas to reduce material and system costs without compromising performance safety or customer experience

• Lead initial engineering feasibility studies competitive benchmarking and technical disposition of new cost-saving ideas

• Analyze chassis designs materials and manufacturing processes to identify value optimization opportunities

• Lead benchmarking and standardization activities across chassis systems including:

  • A2MAC teardown reviews

  • Part and system benchmarking

  • Vehicle hoist and teardown evaluations

• Drive standardization strategies across platforms and regions

• Coordinate and lead idea generation activities via supplier submissions internal engineering workshops and benchmarking events

• Act as a key technical interface with global counterparts to maximize cross-regional sharing of cost-reduction ideas and best practices

• Present regional and global cost reduction results including detailed subsystem-level reporting

• Partner with PC&CO Purchasing Finance and Suppliers to drive value optimization initiatives

• Define and provide metafunction budget requirements to PC&CO for Global Finance (COO) approval

• Lead and optimize Value Optimization tools (eVOS MCM etc.) across all regions

• Establish and govern common VO methods processes and tools

• Own and track VO KPIs (status vs. target dashboards)

• Ensure compliance with Internal Control System (ICS) requirements

• Ensure all VO-driven chassis system and component changes meet performance durability safety and regulatory requirements

• Provide technical leadership to ensure changes are robust through design validation and production

• Support system and component benchmarking activities for cost engineering and technical decision-making

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Manufacturing from an ABET-accredited university

• 8 years of experience in automotive chassis systems within design release manufacturing or cost engineering roles

• Strong expertise in chassis system architecture and hardware (suspension steering braking subframes structural components)

• Proven experience across the full product lifecycle

• Solid background in activity-based costing cost modeling and/or quoting

• Proficiency in NX and Teamcenter

• Strong ability to analyze designs and processes to identify cost reduction opportunities

• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills

• High proficiency in English (spoken and written)

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Previous Design & Release experience in chassis systems

• Strong supplier and negotiation experience

• Experience working in global cross-functional environments

• Knowledge of Shainin Red X or other reactive quality tools

• Knowledge of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) or other proactive quality methodologies

• Experience with Lean Product Development principles

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time