Product Technical Leader

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 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
  
  

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

• 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