Materion is looking for a Product Cost Engineer to provide cost engineering and analytics to key decision makers throughout the opportunity and product life cycle, including analytical design, risk mitigation, proposal support, and various alternative options, to deliver traceable and reliable proposals for new business opportunities.
Requirements
- Experience using SolidWorks required
- Experience using SAP or other ERP system preferred
- Understand manufacturing processes, materials, and related costs
- Ability to read and interpret drawings and computer aided design models with geometric tolerancing
- Basic understanding of Export Control, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and compliance regulations
Responsibilities
- Perform detailed cost breakdowns for individual components, including material, labor, tooling, and manufacturing hours
- Analyze and maintain portfolio self-service pricing tools to ensure targeted financial outcomes are achieved, including but not limited to, top line revenue, standard cost performance, bottom line profitability, and return on invested capital
- Assist in maintaining cost databases and documenting cost information
- Maintain Vendor Compliance Management system, in collaboration with the Compliance Department, to ensure suppliers are fully vetted for defense related programs (ITAR, DDTC, Export Control, Controlled Unclassified Information, etc.)
- Evaluate supplier proposals to determine risk level, review risk with program engineering, and select appropriate supplier for proposal inclusion
- Develop manufacturing knowledge of various product portfolio offerings, both powder-driven product and wrought material processing
- Prepare presentations for internal and external usage
Other
- 1-5 years of experience as an Engineer
- Ability to interface with customers and suppliers and present information
- Travel up to 25% domestically
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or a lawful Permanent Resident of the United States
- The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
