Cost Engineering Manager

China - Shanghai Office Until 8/30/2026 First posted March 26, 2026 Last posted July 1, 2026
Job description

About us

 

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 opportunities and drive their implementation. For existing and for future Dyson products.

 

Dyson Cost Management is seeking a highly motivated Expert/Manager for our Cost Engineering team in China to work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Finance teams to ensure our cost competitiveness. As the Cost Engineering Manager 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

·       Generate bottom up Should Cost / Best Practice product cost calculations.

·       Establish state of the art Cost & Value Engineering methods and processes.

·       Support target cost setting process.

·       Lead competitor teardown/benchmarks.

·       Analyse supplier quotes and cost breakdowns of parts and tooling concepts to support procurement team.

·       Generate and drive implementation of (Design-to-Cost) cost reduction ideas.

·       Manage internal knowledge domain and reference calculation models.

·       Enhance total cost management process and digitalization.

 

About you

·       A degree in Engineering with experiences in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics).

·       Project leadership experiences.

·       In-depth knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering.

·       In-depth knowledge on manufacturing technologies – understanding of cost structure and margin structure of purchased and in-house manufactured parts.

 

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.

 


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.

About this role

Summary

lead cost calculations, develop cost reduction strategies, analyze suppliers, and optimize manufacturing processes

Job title

Cost Engineering Manager

Experience level

in-depth knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering

Industry

manufacturing

Location requirements

Shanghai, China; on-site work required

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

cost analysisprocess optimizationmanufacturing technologiescost structure

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

cost analysisproduct costCost & Value Engineeringcost reduction
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Shanghai, China

On-site City