Product Technical Leader
Core
Lead technical activities and synchronize R&D contributors for headlight or tail light development projects in the automotive industry.
Role type
Senior Product Technical Leader (Automotive R&D)
Builds
Headlight and tail light components for automotive customers
Domain
Automotive / Lighting Systems
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
R&D project management, cross-disciplinary team coordination, technical risk mitigation, budget and schedule control, root cause analysis, stakeholder alignment
Preferred skills
Experience engineering high-tech automotive components, managing direct or indirect reports (via careerplan.io/jobs/REQ2026079560-product-technical-leader-at-valeo)
Technologies
Standardized platform solutions for automotive lighting
Responsibilities
Lead and synchronize R&D contributors for project targets; Assign tasks to disciplines based on project needs; Control and monitor R&D effort and costs; Interface with customers to cascade R&D requests; Manage R&D detailed budgeting and scheduling; Conduct weekly R&D meetings to track SLI and critical paths; Facilitate technical solution arbitration with discipline contributors; Report progress and escalate critical issues to management.