About the Role
We are seeking a proactive
Value Optimization Engineer – Lighting & Restraints
to drive total cost management, design efficiency, and competitive benchmarking across vehicle exterior/interior lighting and occupant restraint systems.
In this role, you will lead Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives to identify design simplification, mass reduction, process optimization, and material cost-out opportunities without compromising quality, safety, or regulatory compliance. You will partner with Product Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Tier-1 suppliers to transform tear-down insights and engineering ideas into validated, production-ready cost savings for lighting (headlamps, tail lamps, ambient lights) and restraints (airbags, seatbelts, sensors).
Key Responsibilities
VA/VE Idea Generation:
Lead competitive tear-downs, design benchmarking workshops, and cross-functional brainstorming sessions to identify design optimization and cost-reduction proposals for lighting and restraint systems.
Technical & Financial Feasibility:
Evaluate the engineering, manufacturing, and financial feasibility of proposed changes,



conducting business case analyses (tooling investment vs. piece-cost savings, mass impacts, payback period).
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Partner with Design Release Engineers (DREs), Systems Engineers, Purchasing, and Manufacturing teams to gain technical buy-in and shepherd cost-out ideas through implementation gates.
Supplier Optimization:
Work with Tier-1 lighting and safety restraint suppliers to analyze cost drivers (material selection, manufacturing processes, part consolidation, sub-tier components) and drive joint value-creation projects.
Validation & Compliance Tracking:
Coordinate with validation teams to ensure value optimization changes maintain full compliance with FMVSS/ECE safety standards (FMVSS 108 for lighting, FMVSS ******* for restraints) and internal functional requirements.
Plant & Workshop Execution:
Travel to assembly plants and supplier facilities to evaluate physical part-fitment, line-assembly efficiency, and verify implementation during running engineering changes.
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📌 Lighting & Restraints Value Optimization Engineer (México)
🏢 Segula Technologies
📍 México