VIE - Innovation Engineer (m/f), Hagenbach

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

The main missions

• Self-dependant development of new and improved processes, materials, Designs and products for the use in automotive interior.
• Project management of innovation projects within the FIS Innovation guideline.
• Studies to assess the technical feasibility of innovative concepts and ideas. Evaluation of the results.
• Define technical project targets together with the Innovation Project Leader (IPL)
• Build Innovation Validation plans based on conception study results and risk analysis. Elaborate Validation data and evaluate results according to the Innovation process.
• Documentation of results in form of reports, presentations, drawings, samples for presentation, Bills of material. Presentation of results in Innovation comities.
• Assure patent protection on innovative solutions in close cooperation with the industrial property department.
• Cooperation with Concept engineering and Poles of Competences department to communicate and assure good transfer of innovation projects into serial development.
• Cooperation with external development partners and suppliers.
• Guidance of suppliers in innovation projects.
• Cooperation with the innovation departments in Méru (France), Auburn Hills (USA) and Valencia (Spain)

The length of the VIE is 12 months.

Profile

• Master Degree in Engineering, ideally in tool building, plastics or automotive engineering experience in design, development and/or pre-development within an industrial environment, especially in the automotive industry.
• Team Player with extended communication skills
• International mindset.
• At least bi-lingual (English is compulsory, German is a real plus).