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Cost & Value Engineer (CVE)

Christiansburg, VA💼 Full-time💰 $77,000–$77,000🗓 2026-04-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Drive initiatives to maximize product value while minimizing costs throughout the entire product life cycle, bridging technical engineering and financial viability.

Role type

Cost & Value Engineer (CVE)

Builds

Robust cost data for new business proposals and optimized technical solutions

Domain

Industrial manufacturing (Slip Ring and Marine)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

bottom-up cost calculations, design-for-cost, design-for-assembly, data analysis, reporting, cross-functional project management

Preferred skills

supplier value chain optimization, executive-level presentation, negotiation

Technologies

3D models, mechanical drawings, Office tools (PowerPoint/Excel)

Responsibilities

Lead process and technology optimization at suppliers, gather and translate technical inputs into proposal cost data, conduct concept evaluations and development-related costs, analyze and assemble historical data for business proposals, contribute to CVE strategic topics with Procurement/Engineering/Finance, communicate estimating results to customer pricing and executive leadership

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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