Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
Valeo Group is one of the world's largest Automotive suppliers which is an inspired company focused on innovative products, development and customer satisfaction. Working with us means managing the most advanced and sophisticated technologies.
Our Pianezza plant is part of our Light Business Group in charge of developing and manufacturing Lighting Products and Electronics. From the latest adaptive lighting technologies to intuitive interior lighting solutions to stylish and design-centric external lighting, Valeo constantly innovates to improve comfort and safety for drivers and passengers alike.
As a Product Technical Engineer in Valeo Pianezza you will have the opportunity to work with the most powerful carmaker companies, in the electronics development working in an international and multicultural environment.
Main Activities and Mission of the role
Be the referent in his domain, build the technical knowledge & add the technical depth to the organization:
Is the reference in his domain for Valeo. Capitalize best practices;
Define standard's roadmaps. Ensure standard excellence. Continuously improve standards by anticipatingtechnical breakthroughs;
Lead and follow-up on transversal initiatives at site level and/or group level;
Support the team leader in tailoring the standard processes based on project needs;
Communicates across Valeo Discipline Network and meets the customer’s expectations in his domain.
Support/provide solutions to operational entities and control and validate technical choices made by operational entities:
Support Valeo sites, during competition Phase (RFQ), in the choice of technical solutions;
Develop Discipline requirements by gathering different stakeholders’ requirements for complex projects, consolidating them and identifying any conflicting requirements. This can include travel to meet OEMs and customers to facilitate thisstep;
Perform technical reviews on the different project’s activities on the site and group level;
Present work progress continuously through active participation on complex project meetings (Internal andexternal);
Develop a features list and organize them into work packages delivery phases to ensure maximum value delivered tothe customer with each phase (optimize, reuse);
Support Design Leaders & Project Management in the Discipline development planning;
Commit on the performance level of the technical solutions provided.
Can provide innovative technologies solutions:
Responsible for system and customer requirements analysis for new products;
Responsible for high level design architecture definition for new products;
Coach and train in his domain:
Coach and certify standard technical reviewers at site level and/or group level;
Coach and certify other trainers at site level and/or group level;
Develop and deliver technical training taking into consideration multicultural environments.
Desired skills and experience:
University education in engineering/technical field (Mandatory)
2-3 years experience in an Engineering / Project Management role preferably in the Automotive industry
Fluent English and Good Italian (B2 level minimum mandatory)
Come to Valeo and discover our benefits! We offer our employees:
- The chance to profit from a customized career plan in one of the most important tech-companies worldwide!
- The possibility of knowing everything you need about Valeo and your new challenging position with a comprehensive integration plan and a customized buddy program
- Continuous training courses at work
Don´t miss the opportunity of joining us and take advantage of being part of an international company that commits to ethics, transparency, empowerment, professionalism and teamwork. Is that you? We want to know you!
Job:
Customer Applications, R&D Team Leader/Architect
Organization:
Site R&D
Schedule:
Full time
Employee Status:
Regular
Job Type:
Job Posting Date:
2026-01-12
Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

As a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players, Valeo innovates to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter. Valeo is a technological and industrial leader in electrification, driving assistance systems, reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere. These four areas, vital to the transformation of mobility, are the Group's growth drivers. Valeo in figures: 20 billion euros in sales in 2022; 109,900 employees at December 31, 2022; 29 countries, 183 plants, 21 research centers, 44 development centers, 18 distribution platforms. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
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Valeo, entreprise technologique, partenaire de tous les constructeurs automobiles et des nouveaux acteurs de la mobilité, œuvre pour une mobilité plus propre, plus sûre et plus intelligente, grâce à ses innovations. Valeo dispose d’un leadership technologique et industriel dans l’électrification, les aides à la conduite, la réinvention de la vie à bord et l'éclairage à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du véhicule. Ces quatre domaines, essentiels à la transformation de la mobilité, sont les vecteurs de croissance du Groupe. Valeo en chiffres : 20 milliards d’euros de CA en 2022 ; 109 900 collaborateurs au 31 décembre 2022 ; 29 pays, 183 sites de production, 21 centres de recherche, 44 centres de développement, 18 plateformes de distribution. Valeo est coté à la Bourse de Paris.