Designer (m/f) Perceived Quality NER, 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

• Contribute to Industrial Design process during Innoation, RFQ, development and PIPAP (Validation and acceptance) phases
• Develop customer intimacy with his/her OEM counterpart, as well as with senior program leadership
• Establish powerful and fact based communication with program, design and technical actors on verbal, written or visual exchanges
• Apply perceived quality process from early phase to tool release
• Apply product (shape and appearance) approval process from tool release to pre-production inside our Design quality process
• Contribute actively to the design quality expertise development
• Provide quick translations of user experience definitions and design intentions into doable properties, eficient in communication value, feasibility, time, cost and flexibility
• Lagely master technologies from traditional injection, wrapping etc., to ‘smart surfaces’, kinematics and ergonomics
• Translate user perception patterns as well as mental and physical ergonomic assessments into tangible product and technology recommendations, taking into consideration boundary conditions from standards, cost and processes
• Create, specify and analyze product specifications from OEMs and internal sources, and debate solutions wih the relevant leadership, in order to achieve optimized solutions
• Deploy competencies inside the company (training, guidelines, standards,…)
• Identify relevant best in class digital tools and technologies
• Promote Faurecia product and technology competencies internally and externally

Profile

• Designer or at minimum design minded
• Thorough knowledge of the market, the industry and the product
• Drive and knowledge to lead product definition
• High level of internal and external networking capabilities
• Customer relationship skills
• Communication & leadership skills , able to work in a matrix organisation
• Relevant software skills
• Strong communication skills: verbal, written and visual
• Mastering of relevant technologies
• Understanding of the larger systems in which his/her expertise is involved
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Technological curiosity
• Human and social curiosity
• Systematic and transparent approach
• Skilled in and knowedgable about relevant softwares
• Intercultural and open mindset, overseas experiences a plus
• Flexibility for frequent business travel
• Minimum bi-lingual; English required
• Be creative, forward thinking and fun to work with