Tooling technician

As a Tooling Engineer, you will manage the technical development of injection tooling (molds) for new headlamp and rearlamp projects for top car makers. This involves guiding part design, defining mold specifications for suppliers, checking mold design and building conformity, and validating injection processes. You will work in a fast-paced, international environment, collaborating with R&D, purchasing, project, and quality teams to meet product expectations using up-to-date techniques.

Must Have

• Manage technical development of injection tooling (molds) for new car illumination projects.
• Support and guide part design engineers in defining plastic components design.
• Define Valeo generic requirement file and specifications of molds for suppliers.
• Check mold design, building, and tuning conformity before transfer.
• Check injection process set-up and tuning conformity before transfer.
• Support plants or injection suppliers to set-up, tune, and validate injection process and mold.
• Experience in mold development or/and injection process.
• English level B2 is mandatory.

Good to Have

• Oriented results to reach development expectations.
• Ability to work in a team spirit with other networks (R&D, purchasing, project, quality).
• Ability to work in multicultural environment (Europe, India, China).
• Availability for trips (+/- 15% of time) to moldmaker and injection plants.
• Interest in mold/injection process technologies and technology watch / innovation.
• Passion for the automotive industry.

Perks & Benefits

• Opportunity to join one of the largest global innovative companies with over 20,000 engineers in R&D.
• Work in a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration.
• Access to career growth opportunities with over 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries.
• Be part of a business highly committed to limiting environmental impact, ranked number one in the automotive sector for sustainable development.

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Valeo Group is one of the world's largest Automotive suppliers which is an inspired company focused on innovative products, development and customer satisfaction. Working with us means managing the most advanced and sophisticated technologies.

Our plant is one of the biggest sites within our Visibility Systems Business Group in charge of developing and manufacturing Lighting Products and Electronics, with around 2.600 employees. From the latest adaptive lighting technologies to intuitive interior lighting solutions to stylish and design-centric external lighting, constantly innovates to improve comfort and safety for drivers and passengers alike.

As a Tooling Engineer in Valeo, you will be in charge of injection tooling (molds) development of new headlamp and rearlamp for top car makers in the world, working in a fast paced, international and multicultural environment.

Your mission will be for new car illumination project, to manage the technical development of mold built by moldmaker suppliers for our production plants. You will be the person in charge of mold management in contact with customer, R&D, project, purchasing, quality, plants and supplier to reach product expectations following the most up- to- date techniques in a constantly evolving environment.

Your responsibilities:

• For mold manufacturing, support and guide the part design engineers/customer in defining the plastic components design
• Define generic requirement file and specifications of molds for moldmaker suppliers nomination
• Check the mold design made by mold suppliers: to launch the steel & machining order
• Check mold building & tuning conformity before transfer
• Check injection process set-up and tuning conformity before transfer
• Support plant or injection suppliers to set-up, tune, and validate injection process and mold before serial production

Desired skills and experience:

• Experience in mold development or/and injection process
• Oriented results to reach development expectations
• Ability to work in a team spirit with other networks (R&D, purchasing, project, quality…)
• Ability to work in multicultural environment (europe, india, china…)
• Availability for trip (+/- 15% of time) in moldmaker plants and injection plants
• Interest in mold/injection process technologies and technology watch / innovation
• Passion for the automotive industry
• English level B2 is mandatory

**If you DO NOT meet all the requirements, don't worry, we want to meet you too!**

**Don´t miss the opportunity of joining us and take advantage of being part of an international company that commits to ethics, transparency, empowerment, professionalism and teamwork. Is that you? We want to know you!**

Job:

Tooling Technician

Organization:

Tooling - J

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-01-09

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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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