Cost Engineer - Electrical (Infotainment & Hardware)
Stellantis
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
Posted on Mar 7, 2026
CEESEAAD Cost Engineer - Infotainment & Hardware Design develops direct material costs and tooling investments for Electrical and Electronics components using activity-based costing methodology while working from bill of materials, drawings and/or samples. Cost Engineer responsibilities will include use of Stellantis component cost methodologies and processes to develop, analyze, and provide guidance for cost convergence to internal stakeholders. The Infotainment & Hardware Design Cost Engineer will assist the worldwide teams with technical cost evaluation services to estimate component costs for projects in advanced through serial life cycle phases.
An ability to be agile, curious, and an engaging cross functional teammate is required to support cost evaluation activities within a global organization.
Key Deliverables
Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage
From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
Family Building Benefit
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
Generous Paid Time Off
We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
Competitive Retirement Savings Plans
We Help You Plan For The Future With
Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
Company Vehicle Lease Program
Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
Support for Your Growth and Giving Back
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
EOE / Disability / Veteran
An ability to be agile, curious, and an engaging cross functional teammate is required to support cost evaluation activities within a global organization.
Key Deliverables
- Development of component costs for new programs (“cost engineering estimate” at initial concept; “should cost calculation” through bottom-up approach for new & modified purchased components based on the ‘how it’s made’ manufacturing process)
- Provide Engineering support during vehicle development phase for target achievement (Design to Cost)
- Development of tooling costs for new programs
- Provide purchasing support during supplier negotiations through gap analysis of supplier’s price breakdown detail
- Provide Engineering with support during the vehicle development phase for target achievement (Design to Cost)
- Support of the Global Cost Initiative and Worldwide Component Cost comparisons/studies
- Support of Benchmarking and Value Optimization (VO) activities including support of serial life should cost requests
- The CE works closely with Engineering, Buyer, other CTPC functions, Finance and supplier representatives
- For Cost Engineer - Infotainment & Hardware Design, the CE should have understanding of global domain of infotainment and HPC (High Process Computer) (SoC/SiP, memories, SW capability, WiFi/BT, SGW, up-integration)
- The Cost Engineer will assist the worldwide teams with technical services to estimate component prices for the new technologies.
- Contribute to the Strategic Up Integration Vision for Stellantis’s ECUs
- Provide Long-term techno-economical guidance and direction for individuals and projects products
- Stay one step ahead of the product development, challenge and set contacts with components
- Research relevant market trends, industrial standards, and innovations
- Perform Competitive Benchmarking and suggest value optimization ideas to programs to ensure the competitiveness of Stellantis solutions
- Identify potential cost optimization opportunities and support company technical cost reduction activities. This may include periodic Supplier visits to maintain & improve internal know-how of manufacturing processes & best practices
- Provide global component cost comparison analysis by working within the Cost Engineering
- Community Research relevant market trends, industrial standards, and innovations
- Build and maintain techno-economical competences for infotainment and HPC/Radio/Infotainment technologies
- Build and maintain HPC/Radio/Infotainment model plant specificities
- Evaluate and negotiate the ED&D with suppliers
- Work with Suppliers and solutions providers to influence and align their future roadmap with Stellantis to ensure the competitiveness of Stellantis Solution
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering or related scientific field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in the Auto industry
- Excellent communication skills and ability to create high quality presentation materials and reports for presentation to management levels
- Must demonstrate a high level of organization and ability to track a high number of part numbers and part complexity
- Proficient in MS Office suite of tools including PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Ability to interface with all levels of the enterprise, across multiple organizations and regions
- Basic component knowledge
- Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related scientific field
- Working knowledge of component development and the steps required to deliver a solution
- Familiarity with Cost Model elements and how to apply Activity Based Costing to component cost development
- Experience in production facilities along with knowledge of how electronic parts are made
- Working knowledge of software development and the steps required to deliver a solution
- Familiarity with Cost Model elements and how to apply Activity Based Costing to component cost development
Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage
From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
Family Building Benefit
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
Generous Paid Time Off
We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
Competitive Retirement Savings Plans
We Help You Plan For The Future With
- An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
- An employer contribution, even if you don’t contribute
Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
Company Vehicle Lease Program
Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
Support for Your Growth and Giving Back
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing programs
- 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community
When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
EOE / Disability / Veteran