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Optics Engineer

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In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Mid level
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Mid level
The Optics Engineer is responsible for design, validation, and testing of optics systems while ensuring compliance with internal and customer specifications. Responsibilities include conducting simulations, calculations, and managing project progress, while also participating in innovation meetings and applying safety procedures.
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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.

Description - External

Accountable for :

  • Perform activities in compliance with Metier Development Plan of his/her PG/PL 
  • Review Internal requirements, Customer Requirements, Specifications
  • In charge of the robust design / validation in line with the economical targets
  • Support technical architecture and standards assignments
  • Follow Standardization rules
  • Support design reviews, internal and with suppliers

His/her scope could include: all or part of the design, integration, validation of blocks / product 

Complying with Métiers processes and Design Rules: 

  • Perform or support Optics design simulations/coding/validation
  • Perform or support Optics design calculations including worst case/statistical and support thermal studies
  • Perform or support Optics tests

Management follow-up

  • Reports the progress of his tasks
  • Escalate risks
  • Follow-up optical developments in his perimeter. Ensure application of optic rules and procedures. Coordinates métier design reviews and associated action plan.

Others Actions as member of optic network:

  • Tech watch analysis on the subjects concerned by his domain of expertise (product, patent)
  • Participate in meetings of creativity by offering innovative solutions that can lead to patents.
  • Makes suggestions to set up within the Laboratory,  (material or methodological developments) aimed at improving the efficiency of the service.
  • May, within its field of expertise or through studies specific to the service, supervise a trainee.

Applying the Environment Safety and Security procedures and good practices; know for their activities and the activities of subcontractors the potential risks and their consequences. Be attentive and responsive to them and manage the associated action plans.

Qualifications - External

BE - 3 TO 5 YRS

Internal Description
Description - Internal

Accountable for :

  • Perform activities in compliance with Metier Development Plan of his/her PG/PL 
  • Review Internal requirements, Customer Requirements, Specifications
  • In charge of the robust design / validation in line with the economical targets
  • Support technical architecture and standards assignments
  • Follow Standardization rules
  • Support design reviews, internal and with suppliers

His/her scope could include: all or part of the design, integration, validation of blocks / product 

Complying with Métiers processes and Design Rules: 

  • Perform or support Optics design simulations/coding/validation
  • Perform or support Optics design calculations including worst case/statistical and support thermal studies
  • Perform or support Optics tests

Management follow-up

  • Reports the progress of his tasks
  • Escalate risks
  • Follow-up optical developments in his perimeter. Ensure application of optic rules and procedures. Coordinates métier design reviews and associated action plan.

Others Actions as member of optic network:

  • Tech watch analysis on the subjects concerned by his domain of expertise (product, patent)
  • Participate in meetings of creativity by offering innovative solutions that can lead to patents.
  • Makes suggestions to set up within the Laboratory,  (material or methodological developments) aimed at improving the efficiency of the service.
  • May, within its field of expertise or through studies specific to the service, supervise a trainee.

Applying the Environment Safety and Security procedures and good practices; know for their activities and the activities of subcontractors the potential risks and their consequences. Be attentive and responsive to them and manage the associated action plans.

Job:

Engineering Disciplines

Organization:

Mechanical Development

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2025-12-03

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

Top Skills

Coding
Design Simulations
Optics Design
Optics Tests
Statistical Analysis
Thermal Studies

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