Cost Engineer

Your role and your team: 

You will report directly to the Head of Procurement while working closely with cross-functional departments including design/engineering, industrial engineering, as well as suppliers and key partners. 

In this role, you will be responsible for driving the design for cost and cost optimization for the Lilium Jet and production. This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the fastest, most well-funded and exciting companies in the world and join the exciting journey of the Lilium Jet.

Your Day to Day:

• Responsible for target costing, driving cost/weight trade-off studies for product & production, and should costing for procurement organisation
• Develop transparent cost models for components on the Lilium Jet. Technological focus on: Metallic and/or interior components
• Work closely with Design, Procurement, Production, and Strategy providing the basis for key decision making
• Derivation, analysis and optimization of the full product value stream
• Define cost targets across the entire value stream and support the production and strategic supply chain setup
• Work with key suppliers and partners as part of the scoping and tendering process
• Drive design to cost initiatives and monitor development against cost targets
• Support development and setting of company-wide standards for cost and value engineering

Your Profile:

• Manufacturing Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Aeronautical Engineer/Engineering Management degree or comparable
• Outstanding analytical capabilities
• At least 3 years of work experience in cost engineering, manufacturing engineering, or consulting
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes
• Fluent in Microsoft Excel. Experience working with ERP tools and CAD Costing tools is a plus
• Background in automotive/aviation manufacturing, or comparable
• Good communication skills, both written and spoken
• Able and comfortable working in a developing, fluid and constantly changing company
• Fluent in English