Value Optimization Engineer

Identify and implement cost and mass optimization opportunities across vehicle systems while maintaining vehicle performance, durability, safety, manufacturability, regulatory compliance, and customer experience.

• VA/VE Leadership:
  Lead value-analysis and value-engineering (VA/VE) activities across major automotive domains.
• Competitive Benchmarking:
  Benchmark competitor designs, materials, features, specifications, manufacturing processes, and supplier solutions.
• Opportunity Identification:
  Develop fact-based cost, weight, complexity, and commonization opportunities supported by clear technical rationale.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Facilitate structured workshops with Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Manufacturing, Quality, CAE, Validation, and Tier-1 suppliers.
• Engineering Assessment:
  Assess proposed design changes against performance, fatigue, NVH, corrosion, safety, homologation, serviceability, and warranty requirements.
• Business Case Development:
  Build robust business cases detailing piece cost, tooling, capital investment, validation, timing, implementation risk, and annualized net savings.
• Execution & Coordination:
  Coordinate feasibility studies, design changes, sourcing inputs, validation plans, and engineering implementation schedules.
• Pipeline Tracking:
  Track the opportunity pipeline from ideation through approval, validation, engineering release, and realized savings.
• Technical Reviews:
  Support teardown analysis, should-cost modeling, design-to-value (DtV) reviews, and lessons-learned documentation.
• Executive Communication:
  Present design recommendations, trade-offs, risk mitigation strategies, and decision requirements to program leadership.

• Validated cost and mass reduction opportunities
• Approved cross-functional business cases
• Clear, no-regret technical trade-off decisions
• On-time engineering release and implementation
  
  Realized financial savings while protecting vehicle quality and performance
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline.
• Technical Depth:
  Strong understanding of vehicle components, vehicle attributes, automotive materials, manufacturing processes, and design validation methodologies.
• Relevant
  
  Experience:
  
  Practical background in value engineering, product cost optimization, design release, purchasing engineering, or competitive benchmarking.
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, test data, and supplier manufacturing assumptions.
• Business Acumen:
  Proficiency in structured problem-solving, financial business case development, and cross-functional workshop facilitation.
• Communication:
  Exceptional presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Experience with teardown costing, should-cost tools, VA/VE workshops, or supplier technical cost reduction initiatives.
• Familiarity with NX, Teamcenter, PLM environments, cost databases, or light weighting techniques.
• Vehicle launch experience along with a solid understanding of APQP/PPAP processes and engineering change control systems.

• Technical Ownership & Accountability
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Structured Problem-Solving
• Quality Mindset & Customer Focus
• Clear Technical & Executive Communication

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group, boosting the competitiveness of all major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, life sciences, and telecoms. With a presence in more than 30 countries and 140 locations worldwide, the Group prioritizes close relationships with its clients, driven by the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering player putting innovation at the heart of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies manages large-scale projects, ranging from initial studies to industrialization and production.

SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to gender balance and diversity, recognizing and recruiting talent of all backgrounds.