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Valeo

Automotive electrification, ADAS, interior lighting tech

Product Architect & Systems Engineering Métier Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Engineering degree with at least 10 years of experience.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the organization and a team of engineers and technicians, including yearly reviews, meetings, missions, and objectives.
  • Define the qualifications needed for the team based on benchmarks and technical and technological developments.
  • Ensure team competency meets the level needed for current and future projects and technologies, identify gaps, and define and implement action plans.
  • Be responsible for achieving the team's training action plan.
  • Allocate staff across projects and support project teams with priority management.
  • Propose training and career development opportunities.
  • Recruit members of the department.
  • Participate in the Valeo Expertise process by preparing and proposing candidates.
  • Build, propose, and monitor the department budget, and ensure monthly that internal, SC, TC, and GEEDS headcount aligns with the budget.
  • Participate in project budget construction and contribute to R&D budget quotations during CAA and/or IAR for resources, equipment, and investments for P0, P1, and P10 projects in the métier.
  • Be accountable for budgeted hours approved in CAA and/or IAR for the métier.
  • Control spending by project and implement corrective actions when deviations occur.
  • Forecast the métier's workload.
  • Propose an annual investment plan and define and standardize equipment and licenses for inclusion in the annual budget.
  • Manage department efficiency using the Efficiency Plan and KPIs developed with the Product Architect and Systems Engineering Discipline Director.
  • Participate in defining and implementing processes, methods, and tools needed for current and future projects and technologies, in line with TDP.
  • Deploy the engineering process, methodology, and tools defined by or with the Métier Manager/Director.
  • Ensure full deployment of the 5 axes methodology.
  • Support the certification process, including audits and ASpice.
  • Participate in and support the Product Architecture and Systems Engineering network.
  • Participate in improving standards, methods, and tools related to Product Architecture and Systems Engineering.
  • Support the RAISE team by ensuring knowledge, training, and implementation of standards.
  • Participate in developing standards with RAISE and take part in design reviews.
  • Review and challenge destandardization requests before release.
  • Ensure all projects receive regular métier design reviews and monitor follow-up of the associated action plans under RAISE coordination.
  • Lead reviews of RED Box incidents identified through the Design Review Process.
  • Ensure every design achieves the highest level of robust design.
  • Centralize information on all existing resources in the region.
  • Define resource assignments for new projects and support project teams with priority management.
  • Identify and create resource synergies and ensure optimal resource use.
  • Identify dedicated and shared resource needs and organize shared-resource availability.
  • Work continuously with the Métier Product Architecture and Systems Engineering Discipline Director to improve footprint and performance.

About the Company

Valeo

Automotive electrification, ADAS, interior lighting tech

Valeo creates technology for automakers to make cars cleaner, safer, and smarter, focusing on four areas: electrification, driving assistance, reinvented interior experiences, and lighting. Its products combine electrical systems, sensors, software, and lighting that are designed, manufactured, and integrated into vehicles to enable electric propulsion, automated driving features, smarter interiors, and advanced illumination. The company differentiates itself by being a global industrial and technology leader with a large manufacturing footprint and a broad, cross‑domain portfolio across mobility transformation. Valeo’s goal is to help the transportation system shift toward cleaner, safer, and smarter mobility worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1923

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