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Date: 14 Apr 2026
Company: Alstom
Overview Job Title: Product Cost Engineer
Purpose of the Job Realize an estimation of the technical cost of the parts / systems defined by the engineering team
Support the engineering team in the development to cost way of working
Participate at the creation of the target cost
Support sourcing team in the negotiation with the suppliers
Organisation Organisation structure (job belongs to..)
RSC Development / SED - Train Development Site
Reports directly to: Engineering Dpt - Site Design to Cost Metier Manager
Network & Links Projet Engineering Manager and Train Design Engineer and DtC animator
Lead Engineer and Designer
Design to cost Network
Sourcing team
Main Responsibilities Performance Measurement/KPI's
Apply or develop a methodology to calculate the technical cost of a component/system along the product development cycle (from parametric to analytic methodology)
Apply or develop cost analysis method on the cost of a component/system
Purpose improvements of the design or manufacturing process to reduce the technical cost.
Promote the cost culture in the engineering team
Provide the cost breakdown of the component to the sourcing team (negotiation support)
Responsibilities
Based on the Specifications of a family of product : Create a cost model on a family of product
Evaluate the technical cost of the component by using cost model approach
Based on the Design of the component : Take assumptions about the industrial processes
Calculate the technical cost of the component by using the appropriated tool
Contribute to the improvement of the cost métier : To be a referent on a process or a family of product
Share the feedback coming from the supplier
Formalize the saving opportunities
Main Required Competencies Educational Requirements
Good product knowledge
Good industrial Process knowledge
Curious
Open-mindedness
Rigorous
Good communication with other people
Nice to have
Previous experience in Railway domain
Able to use DMA/CATIA for basic work
Able to use SAP to extract costing information
Italian language fluency (written and spoken)
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