岗位职责: 1. Deeply involved in R&D early concept phase and provide the quick cost estimation/calculation to support for concept evaluation and decisions 2. Development of production concepts calculation models,taking into account suitable machines, devices and tools 3. Providing technical manufacturing advice to design engineers for in-house production and purchased parts in all phases of the development process 4. Analysing offers and cost break downs from suppliers and proposing optimisation measures 5. Technical discussions with potential suppliers & supporting Purchasing for price negotiations if necessary 6. Supplier workshops with value stream analysis and detailed technological discussion 7. Further development of cycle time calculators and IT tools for various production technologies 8. Identify cost reduction opportunities for yearly cost down strategy 9. Target cost suggestions for the components /projects required