Product Technical Leader

Valeo est une entreprise mondiale de haute technologie qui conçoit des solutions révolutionnaires pour réinventer la mobilité. Nous sommes un équipementier partenaire des constructeurs automobiles et des acteurs de la nouvelle mobilité dans le monde entier. Notre vision ? Inventer une mobilité plus verte et plus sûre, grâce à des solutions axées sur la conduite intuitive et la réduction des émissions de CO2. Nous sommes leaders dans nos domaines d'activité et reconnus comme l'une des plus grandes entreprises innovantes au monde.

Participate/lead brainstorming sessions and new ideas generation~

• Provides technical inputs to the R&I Project Team in his/her expertise field(s)
• Develop/support Proof of Concept (be able to produce mock-up from concept to realization)
• Solves and overcomes blocking issues in innovation by proposing new ideas providing the relevant analysis & justification, etc… in the frame of his/her work-package
• Develops, tests and explains solution(s) selection based on multi-criteria decision matrix
• Define new experimental protocols for new products validation
• Identifies and proposes optimization potential on existing products
• Participates to ensure smooth and effective transfer of R&I projects to business when decided
• Capitalizes the know-how (write state of the art synthesis, technical guidance, procedures,standards …)
• Cross-fertilizes knowledge, developed during R&I project, across Division / PG or Cluster
  
  

Manages the internal and external contributors in his/her field~

• Manages the R&D internal contributors with the Disciplines Department (calculation, testing facilities, etc.), checks alignment between needs and availabilities and resources.
• Deals with external partners for prototyping and technological roadmaps
  
  

Protects Innovation~

• Write IDMs to formalize innovative ideas and proposes mining strategy when relevant
• Performs Freedom to Operate analysis (FTO)
  
  

Watches Technologies & Benchmarks~

• Anticipates possible technological turns by identifying and analyzing relevant information sources
• Explores alternative technological solutions used in adjacent industries and assess their potential for automotive application
• Contributes to the construction of the roadmap included in SPP for the next generation of product
• Participates to the most relevant events (ie. Experts symposium, conferences, round table, customers techdays…)
• Analyzes competitors ‘products and patents to assess and select innovative solutions to nourish R&I Projects according to their potential
  
  

NB.~ Adv Dev. and R&I missions may be combined. The Job Description should then consolidate the missions and responsibilities of both. According to the context the n+1 will decide to give the R&I or AD Job title.

Position~

Research & Innovation

Département~

Product Management

Schedule~

Temps plein

Employee Status~

CDI

Type de contrat~

Contrat permanent

Job Posting Date~

2026-05-04

Join Us !

Being part of our team, you will join~

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
  
  

More information on Valeo~ https~//www.valeo.com

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