# Cost Engineer

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard-when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers. The Opportunity: Mattel Brick Shop is seeking a Cost Engineer located at our manufacturing plant in Monterey, Mexico to support the development of innovative construction toy products by providing cost analysis, cost modeling, value engineering, and cost intelligence throughout the product development lifecycle. Contribute to the development of scalable costing methodologies, cost knowledge, and category-level cost insights that support sustainable cost leadership. Working closely with Product Development, Design, Sourcing, Finance, and Manufacturing teams, you will help ensure products achieve cost targets while maintaining quality, performance,

- **Id**: 279692
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mattel-cost-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Escobedo, Mexico
- **Countries**: MX
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-24T19:21:32Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T00:43:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 106
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5695
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Toys, Games & Puzzles

## Company

- **Id**: 13477
- **Name**: Mattel
- **Domain**: mattel.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mattel-inc>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 9
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 24000
- **Max usd**: 55000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 10

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 105

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: Spanish; Level: All levels; Optional: no
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T13:24:28Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 11
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.406
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 105
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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