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Lead Optical Engineer

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Northville, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

Lead Optical Engineer

Location Northville, USA

FORVIA HELLA is a listed, international automotive supplier. Coming together with Faurecia in the FORVIA Group, we build the world's seventh largest supplier of automotive technologies. As a global market leader in high-growth areas, FORVIA employs 157,000 people worldwide. FORVIA HELLA therein stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, we cover a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles with our Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. With around 37,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of € 8.1 billion on a preliminary basis in the fiscal year 2023.

YOUR TASKS

FORVIA - HELLA Electronics Corporation is seeking a dynamicand experienced Lead Optical Engineer. The focus of this role will be to lead opticaldesign activities and to act as the primary optical engineering contact thruall development phases (Styling, RFQ, Design, production) with our OEMcustomers. This is a unique opportunity to use and development a broad array ofengineering and customer interfacing skills.

About Us

FORVIA -HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operatingunder the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this factual group, HELLA stands forhigh-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the sametime, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spareparts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purposevehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated sales of €4.4billion in the seven-month short fiscal year 2022.

DailyResponsibilities

  • Work as the optical engineering contact to our OEM customers including the analysis and distribution of requirements.
  • Estimate required lighting development resources and costs while creating development schedules
  • Design and develop optical lighting components utilizing Lucidshape.
  • Manage coordination of optical design strategies in conjunction with the lighting labs

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in a related engineering discipline
  • 2 years experience focused on automotive optical design activities
  • Experience working with Lucidshape
  • Exhibited ability to lead program development. Experience leading a programs from RFQ thru production is a plus.
  • Shown past leadership qualities in program development
  • Ability to perform well in a cross functional international team.
  • Why Forvia Hella?

  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual Bonuses
  • On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
  • Team and company wide events
  • And much more!
  • Please feelfree to apply if you do not meet 100% of the positional requirements. ForviaHella is dedicated to the development and future advancement of all ouremployees.

    Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

    FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

    Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req14457.

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