Value Optimization Engineer
This is a temporary 2-month contract, from October to December 2026. SEGULA Technologies is looking for a
Value Optimization Engineer
to support automotive engineering programs and identify innovative cost, weight, complexity, and value optimization opportunities across vehicle systems.
Your Mission:
You will collaborate with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, CAE, and suppliers to develop solutions that improve vehicle value while maintaining
performance, safety, quality, durability, manufacturability, and customer expectations
.
Key Responsibilities: Lead
Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE)
activities.
Identify and develop
cost, weight, complexity, and commonization opportunities
.
Benchmark vehicle designs, components, materials, and manufacturing processes.
Develop technical and financial
business cases
for optimization opportunities.
Support teardown analysis, should-cost studies, and design-to-value initiatives.
Evaluate proposed changes for performance, safety, durability, NVH, manufacturability, and warranty impact.
Coordinate opportunities from concept through validation, engineering release, and implementation.
Present recommendations, technical trade-offs, and business cases to program leadership.
Areas of Automotive Experience:
Candidates should have experience in
one or more
of the following areas:
Body / Trim Engineering
– experience with fascias, trim, and related components.
Chassis Brakes & Steering Engineering
– experience with the design and/or development of brake and steering systems.
Chassis Wheels & Tires Engineering
– experience with overall system functional design.
Interior Door Modules, Hard Trim & Safety Components Engineering
– experience with aesthetic components and safety-related dependencies.
Interior Cockpit, Soft Trim & Consoles Engineering
– experience with specific components and understanding of component synergies.