Value Optimization Engineer
- Windsor, ON, Canada
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**POSITION BASED IN THE US; CANDIDATE MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TN VISA (CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP)**
Your Mission
You will collaborate with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, CAE, and suppliers to develop solutions that improve vehicle value while maintaining performance, safety, quality, durability, manufacturability, and customer expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Candidates should have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- This is a temporary 2-month contract, from October to December 2026.**
Your Mission
You will collaborate with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, CAE, and suppliers to develop solutions that improve vehicle value while maintaining performance, safety, quality, durability, manufacturability, and customer expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) activities.
- Identify and develop cost, weight, complexity, and commonization opportunities.
- Benchmark vehicle designs, components, materials, and manufacturing processes.
- Develop technical and financial business cases for optimization opportunities.
- Support teardown analysis, should-cost studies, and design-to-value initiatives.
- Evaluate proposed changes for performance, safety, durability, NVH, manufacturability, and warranty impact.
- Coordinate opportunities from concept through validation, engineering release, and implementation.
- Present recommendations, technical trade-offs, and business cases to program leadership.
Candidates should have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Body / Trim Engineering – experience with fascias, trim, and related components.
- Chassis Brakes & Steering Engineering – experience with the design and/or development of brake and steering systems.
- Chassis Wheels & Tires Engineering – experience with overall system functional design.
- Interior Door Modules, Hard Trim & Safety Components Engineering – experience with aesthetic components and safety-related dependencies.
- Interior Cockpit, Soft Trim & Consoles Engineering – experience with specific components and understanding of component synergies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in automotive engineering, value engineering, cost optimization, design release, benchmarking, or product development.
- Strong understanding of vehicle components, materials, manufacturing processes, and design validation.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience with VA/VE workshops, teardown costing, should-cost analysis, or supplier cost reduction.
- Knowledge of NX, Teamcenter, PLM, APQP/PPAP, and engineering change processes.
- Experience with automotive OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers.
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Responsibilities
Lead value analysis and engineering activities to identify cost, weight, complexity, and commonization opportunities across vehicle systems. Develop and present technical and financial cases, assess impacts on vehicle performance and production, and coordinate opportunities through validation, release, and implementation.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, is required, along with experience in automotive engineering, value engineering, cost optimization, design release, benchmarking, or product development. Candidates should understand vehicle components, materials, manufacturing processes, and design validation, and must be eligible for a TN visa through Canadian citizenship.
Skills
- Value Analysis
- Value Engineering
- Cost Optimization
- Weight Optimization
- Vehicle Benchmarking
- Should-Cost Analysis
- Teardown Analysis
- Design-to-Value
- Automotive Engineering
- Manufacturing Processes
- Design Validation
- Business Case Development
- Supplier Cost Reduction
- NX
- Teamcenter
- APQP/PPAP
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Value Analysis
- Value Engineering
- Cost Optimization
- Weight Optimization
- Complexity Reduction
- Commonization
- Automotive Engineering
- Vehicle Systems
- Benchmarking
- Teardown Analysis
- Should-Cost Studies
- Design-to-Value
- Manufacturing Processes
- Design Validation
- NVH
- Warranty Impact
- Supplier Cost Reduction
- NX
- Teamcenter
- PLM
- APQP/PPAP
- Engineering Change Processes
- Body and Trim
- Brakes and Steering
- Wheels and Tires
- Interior Door Modules
- Cockpit and Consoles
- TN Visa