Senior Design-to-Cost Engineer

Dyson GmbH; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is seeking a highly motivated Senior Design-to-Cost Engineer to enhance cost competitiveness. This role involves collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Finance teams, conducting competitor product teardowns, and facilitating Design-to-Cost workshops. Candidates should have a degree in Engineering or Business Economics, proven experience in Cost Engineering, and a strong grasp of manufacturing technologies. The position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on product costs and designs.

Qualifications

• Experience in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics).
• Proven track record in Cost Engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of product cost and margin structures.

Responsibilities

• Perform competitor product teardowns to gather insights for cost improvements.
• Support Design-to-Cost workshops and ensure follow-up actions.
• Translate findings into recommendations to guide design teams.
• Collaborate with teams to implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Document and share teardown results and best practices.
• Generate Should Cost calculations.

Skills

Process optimization

Cost Engineering

Manufacturing technologies knowledge

Education

Degree in Engineering or Business Economics

Job description

Dyson’s cross functional Cost Management team is responsible for cost reductions throughout the entire product lifecycle. With our holistic cost management, we safeguard full cost transparency to make the right decisions. A fact-based approach helps us to identify saving potentials and drive their implementation. For existing and for future Dyson products.

Dyson Cost Management is seeking a highly motivated Senior Design-to-Cost Engineer to work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Finance teams to ensure our cost competitiveness. As the Senior Design-to-Cost Engineer within Group Finance team, you will have a significant contribution to the profitability of our inventions and innovations. Your work will have a direct impact on our product cost, our product designs, and our manufacturing processes.

About the role

• Take an active role in competitor product teardowns to gather insights and identify opportunities for cost and design improvements.
• Support the organisation and delivery of Design-to-Cost workshops, contributing ideas and ensuring follow-up on agreed actions.
• Translate teardown and workshop findings into clear recommendations to help guide design and project teams.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to help implement cost-saving initiatives, tracking actions and reporting progress.
• Document and share teardown results, best practices, and lessons learned within the team to build organisational knowledge.
• Generate bottom up Should Cost calculations.

About you

• A degree in Engineering, Business Economics, or a related field with experiences in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics).
• Knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering.
• In-depth knowledge on manufacturing technologies – understanding of product cost and margin structures.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.