Lighting Value Optimization Engineer

Segula Technologies; Mexico; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupe SEGULA Technologies SA seeks a proactive Value Optimization Engineer – Lighting & Restraints to drive total cost management and design efficiency across vehicle lighting and occupant restraint systems.

You will lead VA/VE initiatives, partner with Product Engineering, Purchasing, and Tier-1 suppliers, and translate tear-down insights into validated cost savings for lighting and restraints, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives to identify design simplification and cost-out opportunities.
• Lead tear-downs and benchmarking to drive design optimization and cost reductions for lighting and restraint systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to convert insights into validated savings.

Responsibilities

• Lead VA/VE idea generation through competitive tear-downs and benchmarking.
• Evaluate engineering, manufacturing, and financial feasibility with business case analyses.
• Collaborate with DREs, Systems Engineers, Purchasing, and Manufacturing to gain buy-in.
• Work with Tier-1 suppliers to analyze cost drivers and drive joint value-creation projects.
• Coordinate validation to ensure changes meet FMVSS/ECE safety standards and internal requirements.
• Travel to assembly plants and supplier facilities to evaluate part-fitment and verify implementation.

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive Value Optimization Engineer – Lighting & Restraints to drive total cost management, design efficiency, and competitive benchmarking across vehicle exterior/interior lighting and occupant restraint systems.

In this role, you will lead Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives to identify design simplification, mass reduction, process optimization, and material cost-out opportunities without compromising quality, safety, or regulatory compliance. You will partner with Product Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Tier-1 suppliers to transform tear-down insights and engineering ideas into validated, production-ready cost savings for lighting (headlamps, tail lamps, ambient lights) and restraints (airbags, seatbelts, sensors).

Key Responsibilities

• VA/VE Idea Generation: Lead competitive tear-downs, design benchmarking workshops, and cross-functional brainstorming sessions to identify design optimization and cost-reduction proposals for lighting and restraint systems.
• Technical & Financial Feasibility: Evaluate the engineering, manufacturing, and financial feasibility of proposed changes, conducting business case analyses (tooling investment vs. piece-cost savings, mass impacts, payback period).
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Design Release Engineers (DREs), Systems Engineers, Purchasing, and Manufacturing teams to gain technical buy-in and shepherd cost-out ideas through implementation gates.
• Supplier Optimization: Work with Tier-1 lighting and safety restraint suppliers to analyze cost drivers (material selection, manufacturing processes, part consolidation, sub-tier components) and drive joint value-creation projects.
• Validation & Compliance Tracking: Coordinate with validation teams to ensure value optimization changes maintain full compliance with FMVSS/ECE safety standards (FMVSS 108 for lighting, FMVSS 208/209 for restraints) and internal functional requirements.
• Plant & Workshop Execution: Travel to assembly plants and supplier facilities to evaluate physical part-fitment, line-assembly efficiency, and verify implementation during running engineering changes.