SITE ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT LEAD OPTICAL ENGINEER

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.

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

Responsibilities:

•    As a team member he/she is responsible for fulfilment of project objectives: robust, verified and reliable product in required time, quality and costs.
•    Proposal and supervising of the optical systems development based on customer requirements, feasibility and profitability, participates on creation of DGL. Development follows Op-mobility processes.
•    Revision of optical parameters in wider group of optical engineers, active cooperation with another departments to find the best compromise, implementation of know-how learned on all other projects.
•    Preparation and realization of presentations for customer and suppliers. Proactivity in negotiation, solution proposals for customers  requirements.
•    Timely hand over of the task results in relation with project milestones (prototype samples, data release to hard tool) and requirements from other departments.
•    Revision of optical systems at important project milestones (i.e. OTDR) with relation to latest know-how, feasibility and robustness of given systems.
•    Preparation and coordination of builds for presentation at customer, preparation of verification samples (incl. homologation), presentations at customer.
•    Analysis of first shots quality, support during tuning of the manufacturing process, in case of need preparation of the improvements and corrections. Support of the project launch.
•    Preparation and presentation of “Lessons Learned”.
•    Passing the training courses needed to obtain required knowledge.
•    Trains newcomers and revises status of training materials.
•    Leading the team of optical engineers in case of optical development leadership, delegating tasks, setting priorities.
•    Ensures the use of the company strategy for projector modules, MPP.
•    Ensure the use of the latest status for standards and regulations.
•    Performs other activities according to the superior's instructions which do not contradict with the position's activities.
•    He/she complies with EHS, fire protection, internal regulations and applicable legislation at his/her work.

Required education:
•    Bachelor or Master degree in Optics or Physics

Required Experience:
•    English – advanced level (C1)
•    3-5 years in automotive lighting development for front main functions
•    Good skills and knowledge of CATIA, Light Tools, rendering software, GOM Inspect, MS Office.
•    Complete realization of at least 2 projects (from design phase to serial production)    
•    At least 2 times leadership experience at optical concept development for Main Functions

Additional Information:
•    Organizational and planning skills
•    Priority setting
•    Clear and open communication
•    Innovative thinking
•    Negotiating skills
•    Assertiveness
•    Ability to lead
•    Ability to delegate
•    Ability to teach others
•    Teamwork support

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.