**Job Description Summary**: The Cost & Producibility Engineer demonstrates accountability for functional and business objectives addressing product cost-out and producibility opportunities or improvements in all phases of the product's life cycle. This engineer will perform activities across Engineering, Production Technologies and Supply Chain organizations to identify cost projects, design changes and manufacturing process improvements with some guidance from more experienced cost and producibility engineer, having as main goal to meet business cost and producibility targets.
**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Identify and execute cost out projects per the VCP Lab - Variable Cost Productivity Lab Playbook mainly for commodities as SHS - Share Hardware Solutions, GM&F - Global Machining & Fabrications and SH - Standard Hardware.
- Identify opportunities to achieve business outcomes using cost analysis tools, should costs and cost derivatives.
- Perform feasibility assessments and technical screening for Share Hardware Solutions / GM&F project ideas.
- Drive connectivity between Sourcing, Engineering and Manufacturing areas on cost out projects.
- Communicate project status and needs to the team to achieve Business Cost & Producibility targets.
- Strong level of accountability and operational excellence within the team.
- Uses lean problem solving as a primary tool to solve business problems.
- Actively works across organizations to identify and collaborate on Cost & Producibility activities and opportunities.
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
- Basics of project management ability.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in a mechanical hardware design and/or product definition.
- Able for interpretation of technical drawings (2D / MBD) and GD&T.
- Aware of usage for VCP Lab digital tools and databases.
- Team player mindset.
- Comfortable to work with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.
- Demonstrated ability in analyzing and solving problems.
- Good communication in Spanish and English.
**Desired Characteristics**
- Knowledgeable in 3D CAD Master Models knowledge and CAD2CAM methodology.
- Knowledgeable in manufacturing processes and design process lifecycle.
- Aware in cost estimate methods as Derivatives, aP - PCS, manufacturing calculators.
- Awareness of Excel programing
- Proactive and self-driven nature.
- Aware for analytics proficiency.
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No