Product Architect

Valeo is a global tech company committed to redesigning the way we move around. Our focus is on creating innovative solutions that enhance mobility and contribute to a cleaner, safer future. As a key automotive partner for manufacturers worldwide, we are dedicated to pioneering intuitive driving experiences and reducing carbon emissions to promote sustainable transportation.

Valeo's Wiper Systems Plant in Skawina specializes in the design, manufacturing, painting, and assembly of wiper blades, arms, and mechanisms. The facility also handles the production of wiper motors, supported by a state-of-the-art research and development center.

If you're passionate about leading technological innovations in lighting solutions and enhancing road safety, this is your opportunity to join our team

Your Responsibilities:

• Analyze stakeholder requirements and develop compliance matrices in collaboration with other disciplines and platforms.
• Define product architecture and make architecture tradeoffs.
• Create product system requirements specifications and design product architecture following Valeo and Automotive Spice System Process standards.
• Ensure clear comprehension of product specifications across different disciplines and platforms.
• Address product-level issues and lead Design-to-Cost reviews.

Product Analysis:

• Understand product requirements and stakeholder needs.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders.
• Define functional and non-functional product requirements.
• Identify system functions and allocate requirements accordingly.
• Utilize modeling and simulation techniques for accurate requirement definition.

Product Architecture Design:

• Break down functions for sub-system allocation.
• Lead system architecture definition and establish a product breakdown structure.
• Allocate functions and detailed requirements to sub-systems.
• Define interfaces between sub-systems to ensure interoperability.

Cost-efficient Design:

• Propose physical architecture alternatives and select optimal solutions in collaboration with component contributors and process engineers.
• Support RFQs and contribute to the compliance matrix.
• Assist in product functional development planning and schedule product function maturity levels for customer delivery.

Ensuring Product Quality and Compliance:

• Deliver product design FMEA content and propose solutions to mitigate technical risks.
• Collaborate with component contributors and Validation Engineers for integration and validation planning.
• Enforce discipline standards and support design reviews.
• Ensure compliance with standards to achieve the required Aspice level.

Continuous Improvement:

• Document best architecture practices and share knowledge across teams.
• Standardize specifications, technical reports, processes, and guidelines.
• Engage with customers on discipline architecture content and participate in discipline meetings.

Project Contribution:

• Meet project objectives in terms of quality, cost, and milestones.
• Deliver work products on time and contribute to defining project budgets.
• Participate in project meetings and ensure traceability from customer to system design requirements.
• Lead system requirements reviews with component contributors and test disciplines.

Requirements for Joining Us:

• Hold an Engineering or Master of Science degree.
• Have an Engineering Degree (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, Physics) or equivalent qualification.
• Possess 5 to 10 years of experience in the field.
• Have 5 years of experience with systems, preferably in embedded solutions, with automotive industry experience being a plus.
• Experience with Visibility products is advantageous.
• Familiarity with architecture modeling tools and automotive communication networks (LIN/CAN/Ethernet).
• Proficiency in Polish (Fluency preferred) and English (Upper Intermediate).

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to work in an international production company with high-quality work standards, as a leading multinational high-tech automotive supplier.
• Attractive working conditions and benefits, including remote work possibilities, internal and external training opportunities, subsidies for MyBenefit cafeteria, health and life insurance, private medical care, Employee Retirement Program, and social benefits.

Valeo is committed to fostering diversity through various initiatives, policies, and programs that embrace differences and promote inclusivity.

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