Responsibilities:

- Deliver on time technical outcomes respecting engineering gates milestones and established budget This includes:

- Accountable for the whole scope of technical activities in a project

- Lead and synchronize R&D; contributors - disciplines, for project targets achievement

- Structures and assigns tasks to disciplines according to customer and project need

- First technical contact of the project internally & externally

- Control and Monitor R&D; effort & costs. Strict control on Engineering Change Requests

- Supervise R&D; schedules in the project

- Proactively control of technical project risks

- Work on problem solving, focused on root cause analysis to find effective solutions

- Accountable for technical issues escalation in the project and report progress in action plan

- Arbitrating technical solutions with Discipline contributors when necessary

General Responsibilities

- Act as the first technical contact of the project internally & externally.

- Interface with the customer for the R&D; subjects of the project, break down and cascade internally customer requests and needs.

- Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of components for product development.

- Ensure product development is completed within the defined budget, meeting the highest quality standards and design robustness.

- Ensure the implementation and integration of standardized platform solutions within the project.

- Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, implementing active resolution plans.

- Organize reviews and technical meetings, addressing key issues and ensuring alignment between stakeholders.

- Monitor all topics from DRs, define action plans and ensure no late resolution.

- Work on problem solving, with the support of the disciplines,



monitor the progress and ensure no late resolution.

- Report progress and escalate critical issues to the Project Manager or R&D; Manager as required.

- Adhere to the specified development processes to ensure compliance with organizational (PDP, CPM, …) and industry standards (ASPICE, …).

Deliverables:

- Organize, manage, control and monitor R&D; deliverables per milestone according to PDP and CLPP with disciplines.

- Prepare deliverables reviews with Management on the required milestones (Raise Design Review, TMM, Engineering Gates Reviews).

Product Management:

- Manage the Bill of Material and associated product cost: ask for DtC activity if deviation to respect BOM cost target.

- Applies Standardization rules, exceptionally will request de-standardizations based on sound justifications.

Budget R&D;

- Responsible for the R&D; detailed budgeting.

- Contribute to identifying R&D; needs, including resources, equipment, and investments required for successful project execution for CAAV.

- Responsible for budgeted R&D; hours approved in CAAV/Budget and/or IAR.

- Monitor and track R&D; hours and EBOM baseline, ensuring alignment with CAAV/Budget along the project, developing "back-on-track" plans if deviations occur.

- Identify and document Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) as needed during the project lifecycle.

- Ensure the consolidation and communicate their impacts to the PM.





- No work on change implementation should proceed unless the additional budget is approved by PMC and updated in STR.

- Conduct monthly forecasts to estimate remaining work and ensure alignment with CAAV/Budget through the PRCL milestone.

Planification:

- Develop and manage the L2 schedule, ensuring R&D; activities align with key customer and organizational milestones.

- Develop a detailed breakdown of R&D; activities to meet project milestones and align with the overall schedule.

R&D; Contributor Management:

- Daily management of 1st level R&D; contributors - disciplines dedicated to the project, assign to them the work packages and tasks needed, according to project needs and ensure timely delivery of assigned tasks.

- Lead weekly R&D; meetings with all contributors, focusing on key issues such as the SLI (Single List of Issues), schedule critical paths, and budget management. Documented discussions with clear meeting minutes.

- Ensure synchronization between disciplines by coordinating internal milestones and maintaining alignment across teams.

- Facilitate and arbitrate technical solutions in collaboration with discipline contributors when required.

- Conduct regular reviews with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment between project needs, resource availability, and deliverable timelines.

- Manage his/her team: continuous team animation, perform annual appraisals, establish objectives, ….

- Competencies Evaluation & Identify gaps, define and implement the proper action plan (training plan or others).

- Responsible for training plan achievement on his/her team.

- Perform Weekly One On One R&D; Meeting.

- Participate with the team on problem solving if needed and to be focused on crucial corrective actions follow up till closure as planned.

📌 Lighting Product Technical Engineer (Santiago de Querétaro)
🏢 Valeo
📍 Santiago de Querétaro