Software Cost Engineer – Automotive Software & Digital Services
Summary
Analyzes and benchmarks software and digital service costs for automotive technology, translating technical details into business decisions and supplier negotiations.
Do you want to combine software, digital services, and commercial impact in a role that helps shape the future of automotive technology? Join our Cost Engineering team and turn technical complexity into clear cost transparency, meaningful benchmarks, and smart business decisions.
In this role, you will work with software scopes, licensing models, supplier offers, and digital service concepts, translating technical and commercial information into reliable target costs, total cost of ownership analyses, benchmarks, and recommendations that support strategic decisions.
How You Will Contribute
· Create clear cost analyses and target cost calculations for standard software, COTS products, digital services, and embedded software scopes
· Assess supplier offers and cost models for licensing, subscriptions, usage, maintenance, support, and lifecycle costs
· Identify key cost drivers, including functionality, performance, integration effort, cybersecurity, compliance, cloud/backend services, and data usage
· Support Purchasing and Development teams with fact-based input for sourcing decisions, supplier selection, negotiations, and commercial evaluations
· Develop benchmarks, business cases, total cost of ownership analyses, and management presentations that make software and digital costs transparent
· Analyze competitor software and service portfolios regarding customer value, functional scope, pricing logic, and differentiation
· Collaborate closely with Purchasing, Development, Legal, Finance, IT, Product Management, and external suppliers
· Help continuously improve our cost engineering methods, databases, and benchmarks for the next generation of automotive software