Advanced Development Technical Leader

2 Months ago • 3 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Advanced Development Technical Leader will provide technical guidance, solve innovation challenges, develop solution selections, optimize existing products, and facilitate the transfer of R&I projects. They will manage internal and external contributors, protect innovation through IDMs and FTO analysis, and monitor technologies and benchmarks. This role also involves analyzing competitor products and patents, anticipating technological changes, and contributing to product roadmaps. The candidate will be responsible for delivering innovative solutions in an open innovation context, managing internal and external contributors, protecting innovation, and watching technologies and benchmarks. They will also be involved in the design and manufacturing of innovative heat exchangers.
Must have:
  • Technical background in mechanics, aerolics and acoustics
  • Experience on fan system design
  • Experience in technical team management
  • 3 years’ experience in the automotive/aerospace industry
  • Fluency in English
  • Very good communication skills
Perks:
  • Possibility to work remotely
  • Participation in internal and external trainings
  • Subsidies for Medicover Benefits cafeteria (including Medicover Sport card)
  • Additional health and life insurance
  • Private medical care (Medicover)
  • Employee Retirement Program (PPE) and other social benefits.

Job Details

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 Thermal Systems

Skawina’s engine cooling plant is the largest and oldest Valeo site in Poland. The plant designs and manufactures the latest generation of innovative heat exchangers, i.e., engine coolers, oil coolers, air turbocharger coolers, air-conditioning and complete engine cooling systems (cooling modules), which in addition to their basic functions allow to reduce fuel consumption and emissions of harmful substances including carbon dioxide.

Currently for our entity Valeo Thermal Systems in Skawina we recruit Advanced Development Technical Leader.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Delivers innovative solutions in an Open innovation context:

  • Provides technical guidance to the R&I Project Team in his/her expertise field(s)

  • 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 and explains solution(s) selection based on multi-criteria decision matrix

  • 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, …) 

  • Cross-fertilizes knowledge, developed during R&I project, across Division/PG’s/PLs

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

  • Deals with external partners (Technology providers, labs, start-ups): assesses partners’ know-how/technologies and potential for Valeo in his/her field(s) of expertise. Develops proximity links with existing and potential new partners to investigate and analyze their technological roadmaps

  • Manages the R&D internal contributors with the Metier Department (calculation, testing facilities, etc.), checks alignment between needs and availabilities and resources.

Protects Innovation:

  • Write IDMs to formalize innovative ideas and proposes mining strategy when relevant

  • Performs Freedom to Operate analysis (FTO)

  • Contributes to IP committees by providing advices in the limit of his/her expertise field(s).

Watches Technologies & Benchmarks:

  • Analyzes competitors ‘products and patents to assess and select innovative solutions to nourish R&I Projects according to their potential

  • 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 TDP for the next generation of product

  • Participates to the most relevant events (ie. Experts symposium, conferences, round table…)

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Technical background in mechanics, aerolics and accoustics

  • Experience on fan system design

  • Experience in technical team management

  • 3 years’ experience in the automotive/aerospace industry

  • Fluency in English

  • Very good communication skills

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

  • Employment in an international production company with high quality standards of work, a leading multinational hightech automotive supplier;

  • Attractive working conditions and benefits: possibility to work remotely, participation in internal and external trainings, subsidies for Medicover Benefits cafeteria (including Medicover Sport card), additional health and life insurance, private medical care (Medicover), Employee Retirement Program (PPE) and other social benefits.

Valeo works to promote diversity in all its forms (gender, disability, social and cultural, generational) through local policies and actions, mentoring and training programs, networks and partnerships.

Join us! 

Job:

R&I/AD Technical Leader

Organization:

RO/PL R&D

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Probation period contract (Regular)

Job Posting Date:

2025-06-03

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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