Product Cost Engineer

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Product Cost Engineer (Mechanical) in Västerås, Sweden we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your mechanical engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field.You'll play a key role in driving cost efficiency and competitiveness in our products and you’ll work alongside collaborative and innovative teammates.

Your mission is to:

Support engineering in the design of cost competitive solutions

Assess and suggest alternative scenarios

Reinforce Procurement supplier negotiation thanks to should cost analysis

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (design, tender, and project teams) with the aim to:

Challenge design and supplier quotes through detailed cost modelling and benchmarking activities.

Analyze key cost drivers including materials, manufacturing processes, and supply chain factors, and propose optimized technical solutions

Establish governance processes and monitor key success factors for design-to-cost initiatives, and much more.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

Bachelor or Master degree in Mechanical Engineering

Strongly determined

Attracted by costing

Interested in applying analytical and problem-solving skills

Enjoys self-learning

Good communication skills

Collaboration & leadership skills to enable cross-functional team-working

Willing to work in a dynamic and innovative environment

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