Project Technical Lead

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

OPmobility 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 €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

OPmobility Lighting covers the entire lighting value chain, from components to complete headlamps, from traditional lighting to intelligent and high-performance products. The business group 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.

The role of Project Technical Lead is based in our Lighting Business Group in Cracow.

Responsibilities:

• Work on R&D Project with full technical responsibility for whole product system including optical, mechanical and electronic disciplines from RfQ till SOP
• 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
• Technical interface to customer for all engineering issues and reporting of results incl. Optics, Mechanics, Electronics and Lighting Modules
• Create and maintain system development time schedule with all internal and external milestones
• Manage Risk (Identify and highlight risks, follow up with impact analysis, Develop plan to mitigate risk)
• Coordinate change management internally and the customer: Evaluate technical and time impact for PD of change, supports commercial implications
• Responsible for product BOM, DFMEA, patent clearance, design to cost
• Responsible for timely, successful product validation

Requirements:

• University degree in engineering or Secondary school degree with several years of work experience in designing automotive components
• At least 5 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 locations, customers or suppliers
• Very good cost consciousness
• English language (proficient); German, French on top is beneficial
• Proficiency in presentation skills and experienced in presenting to large audiences
• Good knowledge: MS office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, experience in requirement tools (DOORS/JIRA/Confluence) is beneficial

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