Humanoid Project Leader
Role Overview
As a Humanoid Project Leader, you will Identify relevant industrial use cases, capture and prioritize industrial use-cases, operational constraints and performance targets KPI, write the associated technical specification and prepare the material needed for the humanoid training center. You will also identify the best design for the gripper based on the existing ones inside VALEO factories.
Location: Reno, NV preferred; open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.
Responsibilities Also Include:
Lead the RO humanoid training center
Fine tuning of the VLA until the accuracy KPI is reached;
Check if the time could be optimized with simulation SIM2REAL (like NVIDIA Isaac Sim or MuJoCo).
Train the robots on supply chain and dexterity industrial tasks with the materials delivered by the plants (real conditions);
Lead trainees and PhD to support this activity;
Identify and build the needed trainings for engineering and industrial VALEO teams corresponding to the technologies involved and tested;
Prepare the robots to be sent to the VALEO plants.
Based on lessons learned, write recommendations to start designing the future assets compatible with the humanoid constraints, in collaboration with the process engineering network (“Humanoid process design”).
Maintain a technology watch
Participate in the main events or exhibition shows organized to touch the technology and build a strong external network.
Lead division suppliers and challenge them
Run the robots defined by division inside the RO training center
Participate by the division suppliers to all the needed trainings to be at the best level in VLA;
Scan permanently the panel of suppliers, involving newcomers
Visit the supplier’s facilities and invite them in VALEO plants to check their abilities in the work floor; After check-in, suggest any need to add newcomers inside the division panel and evaluate the maturity of the technology
Experiment the technology across POC (proof of concept) workshops in the VALEO plants; Evaluate the main KPI defined and update the specifications with the lessons learned.
Prepare a safe use of the humanoid in our factories:
Support Division to write the safety framework to be applied worldwide;
Support Division to build the cyber safety framework to be applied worldwide;
Ensure ongoing compliance with evolving industrial regulations and norms
Coordinate the activity: at division POWER level: with the Digital Manager of Regional Office (RO) Drive and the Digital Manager of RO Thermal;at Group level: with all the RO plants of BRAIN and LIGHT divisions
What You Should Have:
PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field is required.
5+ years of experience within related field.
Join us!
Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO2 emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!
Diversity by nature
At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo: https://www.vale o.com
Job:
Industrial Digitalization Manager
Organization:
PG/ROP Industrial Digitalization
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About the Role
As a Humanoid Project Leader, you will Identify relevant industrial use cases, capture and prioritize industrial use-cases, operational constraints and performance targets KPI, write the associated technical specification and prepare the material needed for the humanoid training center. You will also identify the best design for the gripper based on the existing ones inside VALEO factories.
Location: Reno, NV preferred; open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.
Responsibilities Also Include:
Lead the RO humanoid training center
Fine tuning of the VLA until the accuracy KPI is reached;
Check if the time could be optimized with simulation SIM2REAL (like NVIDIA Isaac Sim or MuJoCo).
Train the robots on supply chain and dexterity industrial tasks with the materials delivered by the plants (real conditions);
Lead trainees and PhD to support this activity;
Identify and build the needed trainings for engineering and industrial VALEO teams corresponding to the technologies involved and tested;
Prepare the robots to be sent to the VALEO plants.
Based on lessons learned, write recommendations to start designing the future assets compatible with the humanoid constraints, in collaboration with the process engineering network (“Humanoid process design”).
Maintain a technology watch
Participate in the main events or exhibition shows organized to touch the technology and build a strong external network.
Lead division suppliers and challenge them
Run the robots defined by division inside the RO training center
Participate by the division suppliers to all the needed trainings to be at the best level in VLA;
Scan permanently the panel of suppliers, involving newcomers
Visit the supplier’s facilities and invite them in VALEO plants to check their abilities in the work floor; After check-in, suggest any need to add newcomers inside the division panel and evaluate the maturity of the technology
Experiment the technology across POC (proof of concept) workshops in the VALEO plants; Evaluate the main KPI defined and update the specifications with the lessons learned.
Prepare a safe use of the humanoid in our factories:
Support Division to write the safety framework to be applied worldwide;
Support Division to build the cyber safety framework to be applied worldwide;
Ensure ongoing compliance with evolving industrial regulations and norms
Coordinate the activity: at division POWER level: with the Digital Manager of Regional Office (RO) Drive and the Digital Manager of RO Thermal;at Group level: with all the RO plants of BRAIN and LIGHT divisions
What You Should Have:
PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field is required.
5+ years of experience within related field.
Join us!
Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO2 emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!
Diversity by nature
At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo: https://www.vale o.com
Job:
Industrial Digitalization Manager
Organization:
PG/ROP Industrial Digitalization
Schedule:
- Full time
- Employee Status:
- Regular
- Job Type:
- Permanent contract
- Job Posting Date:
- 2026-09-25
- 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
Responsibilities
- Also Include:
- Fine tuning of the VLA until the accuracy KPI is reached;
- Check if the time could be optimized with simulation SIM2REAL (like NVIDIA Isaac Sim or MuJoCo).
- Train the robots on supply chain and dexterity industrial tasks with the materials delivered by the plants (real conditions);
- Lead trainees and PhD to support this activity;
- Identify and build the needed trainings for engineering and industrial VALEO teams corresponding to the technologies involved and tested;
- Prepare the robots to be sent to the VALEO plants.
- Based on lessons learned, write recommendations to start designing the future assets compatible with the humanoid constraints, in collaboration with the process engineering network (“Humanoid process design”).
- Participate in the main events or exhibition shows organized to touch the technology and build a strong external network.
- Lead division suppliers and challenge them
- Run the robots defined by division inside the RO training center
- Participate by the division suppliers to all the needed trainings to be at the best level in VLA;
- Scan permanently the panel of suppliers, involving newcomers
- Visit the supplier’s facilities and invite them in VALEO plants to check their abilities in the work floor; After check-in, suggest any need to add newcomers inside the division panel and evaluate the maturity of the technology
- Experiment the technology across POC (proof of concept) workshops in the VALEO plants; Evaluate the main KPI defined and update the specifications with the lessons learned.
- Prepare a safe use of the humanoid in our factories:
- Support Division to write the safety framework to be applied worldwide;
- Support Division to build the cyber safety framework to be applied worldwide;
- Ensure ongoing compliance with evolving industrial regulations and norms
- Coordinate the activity: at division POWER level: with the Digital Manager of Regional Office (RO) Drive and the Digital Manager of RO Thermal;at Group level: with all the RO plants of BRAIN and LIGHT divisions
- PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field is required.
- 5+ years of experience within related field.
- Join us!
- Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO2 emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!
- Diversity by nature
- At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo: https://www.vale o.com
- Job:
- Industrial Digitalization Manager
- Organization:
- PG/ROP Industrial Digitalization
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