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Product Cost Engineer, Meta Reality Labs Product Operations

Meta· Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA$168k - $234kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Product Cost Engineer responsible for the financial health of hardware products from ideation to end-of-life, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive cost targets, models, and supply chain strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Support cross functional teams in active reporting and management of Total Cost per Unit including Materials, Capital Expenditures, Manufacturing Value Add (MVA), Warranty, Freight and others
  • Develop cost models to support cost and product category boundary decisions
  • Use cost models to drive supply chain and scalability strategies
  • Use your technical expertise to drive engineering and the supply chain team to meet program cost targets at a product and commodity level for your project
  • Engage Hardware teams at a technical level to identify and drive cost reduction opportunities
  • Track program actual costs versus targets to identify deltas and come up with corrective actions to bring the costs back on track
  • Outline, report and track all risks & opportunities related to product cost and drive them to closure
  • Lead cross-functional cost reviews to report actual versus target costs and risks and opportunities for your program
  • Actively participate in cross functional reviews to understand cost implications of operational, engineering and/or process changes
  • Work with both Sourcing and Engineering to align on Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR) to ensure low cost and stable supply
  • Ensure that best practices for cost management are shared across different teams; help create scalable processes documenting some of the best practices in the organization

Qualifications

  • BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Operations Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in product cost management roles in hardware technology products
  • Knowledge of Operations and Supply Chain with demonstrated effective communication skills
  • Experience adjusting to different communication styles and balancing non-cost variables
  • Experience applying analytical and problem-solving methods to cost or supply chain challenges, and communicating findings to cross-functional stakeholders

Skills

Required:Total Cost per Unit managementCost modelingCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Benefits are provided as part of compensation package; specifics not listed in the description
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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