Product Cost Engineer (Electrical)

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Cost Engineer in São Paulo we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your cost estimation and analysis expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside innovative and collaborative teammates.

You'll make a tangible impact by supporting the engineering team in optimizing design-to-cost processes and ensuring cost-effective solutions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (engineering, sourcing, and innovation departments), provide cost breakdowns to support negotiations, and propose improvements to reduce technical costs, and much more.

We’ll look to you for:

• Realizing an estimation of the technical cost of parts/systems defined by the engineering team

• Supporting the engineering team in the design-to-cost way of working

• Participating in the creation of target costs

• Applying or developing methodologies to calculate the technical cost of a component/system along the product development cycle

• Applying or developing cost analysis methods on components/systems

• Proposing improvements in design or manufacturing processes to reduce technical costs

• Promoting cost culture within the engineering team

• Providing detailed cost breakdowns and support sourcing negotiations

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

• Experience in costing engineering (design-to-cost methodologies), innovation departments, or electrical engineering

• Understanding of cost estimation and analysis methodologies

• Familiarity with product development cycles and manufacturing processes

• A proactive mindset for identifying cost-saving opportunities

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Fluency in English; French is desirable

• Willingness to travel as required

• Knowledge in Microsoft Excel (intermediate to advanced) and CAD tools (basic), preferably Catia.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for railway

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior or specialized roles in cost engineering or related fields

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

Declaração de Igualdade de Oportunidades: 

A Alstom é um empregador que oferece oportunidades iguais e está comprometido em criar um ambiente de trabalho inclusivo onde todos os nossos funcionários são incentivados a alcançar seu pleno potencial, e as diferenças individuais são valorizadas e respeitadas. Todos os candidatos qualificados são considerados para emprego, sem discriminação de raça, cor, religião, gênero, orientação sexual, identidade de gênero, idade, origem nacional, status de deficiência ou qualquer outra característica protegida pela legislação local.