About us

At STIHL, we believe that people are the foundation of our success. As a family-owned company with nearly a century of heritage, we've grown into a globally recognized brand by staying true to our values: innovation, quality, and customer focus. Since pioneering the first electric chainsaw in 1926, STIHL has remained at the forefront of the forestry and outdoor power equipment industry, driven by cutting-edge technology and a deep commitment to service excellence.

About the Role

The Cost Engineer is responsible for identifying and implementing cost reduction opportunities throughout the product lifecycle. The role collaborates closely with R&D, Project Management, Purchasing, and Operations to optimize product costs, improve manufacturing processes, support target costing activities, and enhance overall competitiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse BOM and create roadmap strategy for reducing cost, propose solutions and supports purchasing for assessing different suppliers;

• Analyse processes to improve overall VSM and reduce effort and investments;

• Interface between R&D and Stihl RP for topics concerning feasibility, manufacturability and process technologies regarding cost impact;

• Support Project Management team for evaluating new project data;

• Establish cross functional view and database for target costing approach within the product projects;

• Evaluating competitor products from the same segment to challenge internal cost reduction potential;

• Executes any other orders given by the hierarchical superior in the realization of the company's short-term strategies, within the limits of compliance with the legal basis and the requirements of the quality system.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering;

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Project Management, Engineering or a similar position;

• Project Management skills;

• Presentation skills;

• Experience in Target costing methodologies;

• Lean, PFMEA, DFMEA, CAD software, Microsoft Package, MES, S/4 HANNA knowledge beneficial.

• Team player, results‑driven, flexible, and adaptable, embracing change;

• Good verbal and written communication skills;

• Advanced written and spoken English; German is a plus.