Technical Project lead

LINXENS Holding; Levallois-Perret; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Linxens in Paris, France, is seeking a Front-End Customer & Market Engagement Lead to bridge customers and the BU with technical teams. You will capture pain points, define opportunities ahead of RFQs, and serve as the technical interface with customers.

In this role you will translate business needs into technical requirements, support tender activities, lead product development and ensure compliant, scalable solutions, while driving cost-effective manufacturing and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in product development, project management, and business development, ideally within ID or RF card segments.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or similar field)
• Strong ability to translate customer needs into practical, manufacturable technical solutions.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional project execution and stakeholder management.
• Solid expertise in manufacturing processes, quality systems, risk management, and regulatory environments.
• Excellent communication skills for effective customer and internal collaboration.
• Fluent in English and in one of the language (Spanish OR Portuguese, OR French)

Responsibilities

• Front-End Customer & Market Engagement Lead: customer visits, discovery sessions, and workshops.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements, specifications, performance targets, and feasibility assessments.
• Assess cost, manufacturability, and industrialization constraints early.
• Tender Support & Sales Enablement: support Sales with technical proposal content, compliance matrices, risk assessments, and solution architectures.

Skills

Communication skills

English fluency

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

About Linxens Linxens is a global leader in micro-connectors, module packaging, antennas & inlays, and secure ID solutions, with over 40 years of innovation. Headquartered in Paris, France, we operate R&D centers and production sites across Germany, France, Sweden, China, India, Singapore and Thailand. Our solutions serve industries such as telecommunications, finance, transportation, hospitality, e-government, healthcare, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Our employees’ expertise and know-how allow us to continually reinvent ourselves and meet our customers’ evolving needs, helping them grow and innovate. Therefore, we invest in developing our employees’ skills and career growth. Working for Linxens means investing in your future. Our growth is creating great opportunities! Below is the job description for open position

Responsibilities

• Front-End Customer & Market Engagement Lead
  • customer visits, discovery sessions, and workshops.
  • Capture customer pain points, use cases, regulatory constraints, and business expectations.
  • Identify and qualify business opportunities ahead of RFQs (pre-RFQ scouting).
  • Serve as the Business Unit’s technical interface with customers.
• Technical Requirements & Solution Definition
  • Translate business needs into technical requirements, specifications, performance targets, and feasibility assessments.
  • Assess cost, manufacturability, and industrialization constraints early.
  • Challenge unclear or unrealistic customer requirements using data-driven arguments.
• Tender Support & Sales Enablement
  • Support Sales with technical proposal content, compliance matrices, risk assessments, and solution architectures.
  • Define prototype, validation strategies and participate in tender clarifications.
  • Ensure solutions are feasible, competitive, and profitable.
• Project Leadership & Product Development
  • Lead product development and customization.
  • Drive design, verification, qualification, and industrialization.
  • Ensure compliance with standards, security, and regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure smooth transition to mass production, optimized for cost, quality, and scalability.

Qualification

• 5–10 years of experience in product development, project management, and business development, ideally within ID or RF card segments.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or similar field)
• Strong ability to translate customer needs into practical, manufacturable technical solutions.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional project execution and stakeholder management.
• Solid expertise in manufacturing processes, quality systems, risk management, and regulatory environments.
• Excellent communication skills for effective customer and internal collaboration.
• Fluent in English and in one of the language (Spanish OR Portuguese, OR French)

Join Linxens to work in a multicultural environment, collaborating with leading tech innovators and making a global impact on technology.

LINXENS is an equal-opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful or unethical discrimination. Moreover, as part of our CSR Vitality program, we have committed to recruit, hire, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, mental/physical disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

At Linxens, employees are at the heart of the Group’s strategic objectives. Linxens teams are made of highly-skilled professionals who wish to surpass themselves in a result-oriented environment dedicated to meeting the needs of clients. Our people are fully committed to the growth and performance of the Group as well as with their team. In this demanding and friendly work environment, they develop both personally and professionally.

40 years of history, join us to write the next pages!