Responsibilities:

• Define and develop the technical specifications (functional, photometric, electrical, EMC, environmental).
• Managing the tier 1 supplier: design reviews, monitoring deliverables, managing changes and carts.
• Release the design into the release system (BOM, drawings, validated CAD data) at each milestone.
• Manage system variance: RGB colors, zones, equipment levels, markets.
• establish and follow the validation plan (DVP&R): photometric, thermal, vibration, aging, homogeneity and colorimetry tests.
• Facilitate DFMEA/risk analyses and ensure the traceability of requirements.
• Coordinate the interfaces: electronics (LIN/CAN bus, animation software), style, interior integration, purchasing, quality and factory.
• Supporting industrialization (PPAP/PPAP-like, EMPB) and addressing issues up to the start of series production. Company description

Desired Candidate Profile

Engineer (Bac+5) in mechanics, electronics, mechatronics or optics.

Minimum 5 years in automotive product development, ideally in interior or exterior lighting.

Technical & Business Expertise

• Lighting : LEDs, light guides, colorimetry, photometry, thermal management.
• electronics : LED drivers, LIN/CAN communication, CEM.

Processes, Methodologies & Quality

• Processes : APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, DVP&R, configuration management.
• Tools : Release system / PLM (Teamcenter, Enovia), CATIA / NX data reading.
• Project management : Supplier management, cost, planning, problem solving (8D).

Language Skills

• Languages : Fluent English essential; French.

Knowing how to be:

• Technical leadership
• Autonomy,
• Sense of decision,
• Ability to arbitrate between style, cost and feasibility.