Product Technical Engineer

Valeo is seeking a Product Technical Engineer to be a technical referent, building and capitalizing on technical knowledge and best practices. The role involves defining standard roadmaps, leading transversal initiatives, and supporting operational entities in technical solution choices. The engineer will perform technical reviews, present work progress, develop feature lists, and commit to the performance of technical solutions. Additionally, the role includes coaching and training within their domain.

Must Have

• Be the technical referent in the domain and capitalize best practices.
• Define standard roadmaps and ensure standard excellence.
• Lead and follow-up on transversal initiatives at site and group level.
• Support the team leader in tailoring standard processes.
• Support Valeo sites during competition phase (RFQ) in technical solution choices.
• Develop Discipline requirements by gathering and consolidating stakeholder requirements.
• Perform technical reviews on project activities at site and group level.
• Present work progress in complex project meetings.
• Develop a features list and organize into work packages.
• Support Design Leaders & Project Management in Discipline development planning.
• Commit on the performance level of technical solutions.
• Responsible for system and customer requirements analysis for new products.
• Responsible for high level design architecture definition for new products.
• Coach and certify standard technical reviewers and other trainers.
• Develop and deliver technical training.

Perks & Benefits

• 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, offering many opportunities for career growth.
• A business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities.
• Ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development.

Be the referent in his domain, build the technical knowledge & add the technical depth to the organization:

• Is the reference in his domain for Valeo. Capitalize best practices;
• Define standard's roadmaps. Ensure standard excellence. Continuously improve standards by anticipating technical breakthroughs;
• Lead and follow-up on transversal initiatives at site level and/or group level;
• Support the team leader in tailoring the standard processes based on project needs;
• Communicates across Valeo Discipline Network and meets the customer’s expectations in his domain.

Support/provide solutions to operational entities and control and validate technical choices made by operational entities:

• Support Valeo sites, during competition Phase (RFQ), in the choice of technical solutions;
• Develop Discipline requirements by gathering different stakeholders’ requirements for complex projects, consolidating them and identifying any conflicting requirements. This can include travel to meet OEMs and customers to facilitate this step;
• Perform technical reviews on the different project’s activities on the site and group level;
• Present work progress continuously through active participation on complex project meetings (Internal and external);
• Develop a features list and organize them into work packages delivery phases to ensure maximum value delivered to the customer with each phase (optimize, reuse);
• Support Design Leaders & Project Management in the Discipline development planning;
• Commit on the performance level of the technical solutions provided.

Can provide innovative technologies solutions:

• Responsible for system and customer requirements analysis for new products;
• Responsible for high level design architecture definition for new products;

Coach and train in his domain:

• Coach and certify standard technical reviewers at site level and/or group level;
• Coach and certify other trainers at site level and/or group level;
• Develop and deliver technical training taking into consideration multicultural environments.