Product Cost Engineer: Drive Value Through Design

McKinsey & Company; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in Wrocław is seeking an engineer focused on cost engineering to support product development and benchmarking across industries including automotive, aerospace, and high-tech.

You will build robust cost views across parts, materials, and manufacturing technologies, conduct teardown analyses, and translate insights into practical recommendations for design and sourcing improvements, while collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical or related engineering field.
• 1+ years of experience in product or cost engineering roles.
• Ability to assess cost drivers across multiple manufacturing technologies.
• Experience with cost modeling and value engineering.
• Strong analytical and communication skills in English.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cost engineering and product development projects.
• Conduct competitive analysis and teardown-based benchmarking.
• Identify opportunities to improve product design, manufacturability, and cost.
• Support internal knowledge/tools in cost engineering.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate findings.

Skills

Cost engineering

Value engineering

DFMA

Target costing

Teardowns / cost analysis

Manufacturing knowledge

Analytical problem solving

English communication

Education

Master’s degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

McKinsey & Company in Wrocław is seeking an engineer focused on cost engineering to support product development and benchmarking across industries including automotive, aerospace, and high-tech.

You will build robust cost views across parts, materials, and manufacturing technologies, conduct teardown analyses, and translate insights into practical recommendations for design and sourcing improvements, while collaborating across teams.