Project Technical Lead

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

Plastic Omnium is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €9.5 billion economic revenue in 2022, a global network of 150 plants and 43 R&D centers, Plastic Omnium relies on its 40,500 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

Plastic Omnium's Lighting division covers the entire lighting value chain, from components to complete headlamps, from traditional lighting to intelligent and high-performance products. The division develops interior and exterior solutions that enable greater design freedom, enhanced safety and driver assistance.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage a project team to develop a lamp project on system level:
• Coordinate design activities of mechanical, optical and electrical engineers to develop a system that fulfills customer requirements
• Create and Lead design activities as they relate to Quality, Cost and Delivery. Create detailed development timing plan for Mech, Optics, Electronics, Tooling and coordinate with PM
• Ensure passing TDRs milestones.
• Technical interface to customer for all engineering issues and reporting of results incl. Optics, Mechanics, Electronics and Modules (e.g. LDMs/Projectors)
• Responsible for system OIL
• Coordinate change mgmt. within PD and the customer: Evaluate technical and time impact for PD of change, supports commercial implications
  • Leads the technical part of PIC
• Define Project Strategy for the lamp system (define work-products and processes to be applied, re-use strategy, process baselines and process tailoring)
• Responsible for product BOM
• Manage Risk:
  • Identify and highlight risks
  • Follow up with impact analysis
  • Develop plan to mitigate risk
• Define/integrate manufacturing requirements (assembly sequence, tools, EOL testers, handling instructions, tolerances, SC/CCs,...) and agree with manufacturing - specific to satisfying system requirements
• Responsible for DFMEA, patent clearance, design to cost
• Support of technical communication with suppliers
• Responsible fro Requirements management
• Support of DV plan creation
• Measure project performance using KPIs for the respective working results and for the product and process quality (Ensure compliance to VPDS)
• Responsible for timely, successful product validation
• Support of industrialization phase as required and requested
• Transfer project to C/P

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT(S):

• Preferred Master degree in engineering or several years of work experience in designing automotive components

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT(S):

• Preferred >5years years of work experience in lamp design (mechanical, optical or electrical)
• Leadership skills, project management skills
• Very good work organization and autonomous/self-motivated work-attitude
• Willingness to regularly travel and visit other company locations, customers or suppliers
• Project cost managemnet skillset 
• Proficient in the English language
• Proficiency in communication and presentation skills and experienced in presenting to large audiences.
• Preferred experience with system engineering SW tools (Doors NG, RTC)

As a responsible company, Plastic Omnium pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.