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 208/209 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