Chief Product Architect (m/w/d), Bietigheim-Bissingen

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.

Missions

• You define and lead the technical product architecture, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and state-of-the-art technology.
• You orchestrate product architecture across all disciplines (system, software, mechatronics, validation) by leading a cross-functional team.
• You develop and maintain a competitive technical roadmap by integrating new technologies and anticipating future customer needs.
• You act as the key technical contact for product-related topics, supporting RFQs, application projects, and platform development.
• You drive technical problem-solving, ensuring compliance with processes and optimizing product specification and architecture.
• You mentor and train architects and engineers, fostering deep technical understanding and knowledge sharing.
• You proactively manage risks, ensuring mitigation strategies are in place and communicating key issues to management.

Profile

• You have a university degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
• You possess a strong big-picture understanding of system dependencies while being able to deep dive into specific technical topics.
• You have extensive experience in technical product design, ideally in ADAS sensors (radar, camera, LiDAR), including platform/core and customer project experience.
• You are skilled at leading technical experts within a functional team and fostering knowledge-sharing across all levels.
• You work analytically, in an organized and solution-oriented manner, always focusing on the most effective and holistic technical solutions.
• You are experienced in Agile methodologies and hands-on problem-solving, including working on the shop floor when needed.
• You communicate fluently in English, and ideally in German, to collaborate effectively in an international environment and report to the management board.