.**LOCATION**:Acuna / Coahuila (MX-COA), Mexico | **BRAND**: Bendix | **REQUISITION ID**:1729 | ** JOB GRADE**: 17**JOB DESCRIPTION**:**Position Summary**:**Essential Functions**:- Conduct and lead Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) projects and Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) workshops with internal teams, suppliers, and customers to identify valves product cost reduction opportunities.- Conduct value and cost engineering studies to determine opportunities for cost reductions and controls to improve manufacturing procedures, change product designs and specifications, or other related contributors to manufacturing cost and value without impairing product quality or function.- Compile and audit product cost, breaking out components and operations for purposes of detailed cost analysis assignments and lead associated changes.- Identify high value design solutions by benchmarking both competitive and internal products, review design, materials, manufacturing, and assembly processes for high value and more efficient alternatives.- Develop business cases, project timelines, and capital expense estimates; work with management, sales, and customers to select the highest potential ideas from VA/VE proposals.- Assess projects based on the total implementation costs; create value propositions which convince customers of value and need to implement proposed actions.- Coordinate VA/VE project implementation with supply base, manufacturing, and quality engineering; maintain active list ofproductivity actions and provide program management support to keep projects on time.- Provide engineering support for manufacturability reviews with suppliers; contribute value engineering expertise to released and pre-launch products; support design reviews to prevent unnecessary cost in the initial product release.- Identify opportunities to replicate VA/VE initiatives across product lines; cascade advanced materials, manufacturing, and assembly technology across the organization; contribute within a global cross-functional team environment.- Embrace Safety and 5's culture.**Knowledge and skills**:- VA/VE methodology as applied to mechanical products.- Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) using AIAG methodology.- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance stack-ups using ASME Y14.5M-1994.- Manufacturing processes for metal casting, forging, precision machining, stamping, material treatment, molding, assembly.- Specification of machinery components including bearings, seals, gaskets, springs, fasteners, fittings, lubricants.- Engineering techniques including finite element analysis (FEA), material fatigue analysis, dynamic simulation, design of experiments (DOE).**Experience**:- At least 5 years related experience and proven track-record with engineering cost reduction projects.- Experience and understanding of costs associated with manufacturing mechanical products