Senior Engineer - Materials

Valeo

Valeo est une entreprise mondiale de haute technologie qui conçoit des solutions révolutionnaires pour réinventer la mobilité. Nous sommes un équipementier partenaire des constructeurs automobiles et des acteurs de la nouvelle mobilité dans le monde entier. Notre vision ? Inventer une mobilité plus verte et plus sûre, grâce à des solutions axées sur la conduite intuitive et la réduction des émissions de CO2. Nous sommes leaders dans nos domaines d'activité et reconnus comme l'une des plus grandes entreprises innovantes au monde.

Technical missions

In relation with Laboratory in France, analyse job request and define analysis protocol
Select appropriate equipment and laboratory to perform analysis
Achieve/Manage Sample preparation~

cutting,
resin,
polishing ~ down to 3µm diamond, and colloidal silica solution
metallization, plasma deposition~ Gold, Palladium, Carbon….
Reveal microstructure~ Chemical delineation (Adler attack solution)

Pilot macroscopic inspection with the selected laboratory~ Binocular analysis, Optical microscopy analysis, Scanning electron microscopy and so on
Pilot microscopic analysis with the selected laboratory~ Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy elemental chemical analysis.
Analyse results of macroscopic and microscopic inspection~ analyse quality of the images, react with laboratory if parameters are not corrects, to comment images and give orientation
Achieve or Manage Vickers Hardness measurements, according to standard.
Identify additional analysis necessary for deeper investigation when necessary~ surface analysis XPS, AES, 3D XRAY, CSAM, etc…..
Provide metrics about activities
In future~

interpret analysis results~ figure out problems, propose failure mechanism schemes, etc….
Propose solutions to improve efficiency and reduce issues
Define best practices and design rules, coming from analysis in order to improve efficiency and reduce the issues.

General missions

Should have knowledge on executing tasks in project management mode
Drive and monitor the Material Analysis activities
Provide analysis reports in accordance with existing templates
Support project teams for all Valeo Business Group team
Involved in the domain meetings via technical presentations.
Involved in the technology watch, the research and the deployment of innovative analysis and in order to maintain the excellence in the domain
Build credibility to the project teams for all Valeo Business Group team.

Position~

R&D Engineer

Département~

Mechanical

Schedule~

Temps plein

Employee Status~

CDI

Type de contrat~

Contrat permanent

Job Posting Date~

2025-11-13

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