Tooling Engineering Engineer in R&D (M/F/D)

Valeo; Chrzanów; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work 4 days from office

Training programs & development

Private medical care & life insurance

Job summary

Valeo Lighting Systems in Poland is expanding its Development Center for front and rear lighting systems. We are seeking an experienced Process/Manufacturing Engineer PTM to design and optimize plastic injection tooling, validate molds, and coordinate with suppliers.

You will work within a multinational team and report to Site Process/Manufacturing Engineering. The role requires a technical degree, 3+ years in injection molding or tooling, automotive experience, and strong English, analytical,

Qualifications

• Higher technical education, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Plastics Processing, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in engineering, injection molding processes, or tooling development.
• Professional experience in the automotive industry.
• Experience in the development, design, and implementation of injection molds.
• Practical knowledge of plastic injection molding technology, including process start-up, setup, tuning, and optimization.
• Knowledge of the principles of designing and manufacturing injection molds.
• Fluent English, both spoken and written.
• Very strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Independence, proactivity, and strong decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• To check and validate the design of plastics injection components with regard to the injection process and the tooling manufacturability
• To analyze the rheology simulations in order to orient the design optimization, Standard for Valeo requirement file, standard components for molds, design rules
• To define the SVRF for molds suppliers sourcing in coordination with the Tooling Buyer and Mechanical Design Leader
• To analyze the OT1 part, to define and follow the corrective action plan with supplier until completion
• To ensure the mold tooling validation (Design validation, top milling, reception)
• To setup the molds tooling after arrival in Valeo Plant and tune all the relevant injection parameters until all the process/product objectives are achieved and pass process audit and initial samples milestones
• To respect the projects planning and in particular all the milestones and deliverables related to plastic injection
• To ensure the capitalization and standardization of the best practices - To contribute to the improvement plan
• To make the reporting to his hierarchy (status, performance, effectiveness and efficiency) and propose associated action plans
• To contribute to all the quality standards to guarantee to the Customer, products and services in conformity
• To respects all standards and regards to the management of the environment and prevention of the risks in order to guarantee the good performance of the system of Health Safety Environment management
• Other responsibilities according to competences , professional experience and business needs - prior agreed between employee and N+1
• Fulfill the KPI’s
• To support Management on some tasks agreed like KPI follow up, Moldmaker performances, training plans, hours budgets

Skills

Fluent English

Analytical skills

Independent

Proactive

Education

Higher technical education (Mechanical Engineering or related)

Tools

Injection mold tooling

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers worldwide. As a technology company, we design innovative solutions for smart mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. The Group also provides and distributes spare parts for automakers and independent aftermarket operators.

Valeo Lighting Systems

The plant produces front and rear car lights using advanced technology of metallization, assembly and plastic injection including multicomponent and multi-color injections. It also has a fully equipped measurement laboratory with a unique photometric testing tunnel. As a result of growth, Valeo Lighting Systems is currently opening a new Development Center, which focuses on developing and manufacturing lighting systems for passenger cars.

Key responsibilities:

• To check and validate the design of plastics injection components with regard to the injection process and the tooling manufacturability

• To analyze the rheology simulations in order to orient the design optimization , Standard for Valeo requirement file , standard components for molds , design rules

• To define the SVRF for molds suppliers sourcing in coordination with the Tooling Buyer and Mechanical Design Leader

• To analyze the OT1 part, to define and follow the corrective action plan with supplier until completion

• To ensure the mold tooling validation (Design validation, top milling , reception)

• To setup the molds tooling after arrival in Valeo Plant and tune all the relevant injection parameters until all the process/product objectives are achieved and pass process audit and initial samples milestones

• To respect the projects planning and in particular all the milestones and deliverables related to plastic injection

• To ensure the capitalization and standardization of the best practices - To contribute to the improvement plan

• To make the reporting to his hierarchy (status, performance, effectiveness and efficiency) and propose associated action plans

• To contribute to all the quality standards to guarantee to the Customer, products and services in conformity

• To respects all standards and regards to the management of the environment and prevention of the risks in order to guarantee the good performance of the system of Health Safety Environment management

• Other responsibilities according to competences , professional experience and business needs - prior agreed between employee and N+1

• Fulfill the KPI’s

• To support Management on some tasks agreed like KPI follow up, Moldmaker performances, training plans, hours budgets

Join our team if have:

• Higher technical education, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Plastics Processing, or a related field.

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a position related to engineering, injection molding processes, or tooling development.

• Professional experience in the automotive industry.

• Experience in the development, design, and implementation of injection molds.

• Practical knowledge of plastic injection molding technology, including process start-up, setup, tuning, and optimization.

• Knowledge of the principles of designing and manufacturing injection molds.

• Fluent English, both spoken and written.

• Very strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

• Independence, proactivity, and strong decision-making skills.

We can offer you:

• Hybrid work (4 days from the office)

• Employment in an international production company with high quality standards of work, a leading multinational hightech automotive supplier

• Attractive working conditions and benefits: possibility to work remotely, participation in internal and external trainings, subsidies for MyBenefit cafeteria (including Multisport card), additional health and life insurance, private medical care (Medicover), Employee Retirement Program (PPE) and other social benefits

Valeo works to promote diversity in all its forms (gender, disability, social and cultural, generational) through local policies and actions, mentoring and training programs, networks and partnerships

Job:

P0/P1 Process/Manuf Engineering PTM

Organization:

Site Process/Manufacturing Engineering

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Probation period contract (Regular)

Job Posting Date:

2026-08-12

_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_