DRE - Ambient Lighting (Design Release Engineer Ambient Lighting) | Rabat (Morocco)

Company culture :

Alten Maroc is defined by a deeply collaborative culture, focused on people, trust, and strong team support, with hands-on managers who guide and develop talent.

This environment is enhanced by a strong drive for innovation, encouraging creativity, initiative, and experimentation across projects.

A structured and disciplined organization ensures efficiency, rigor, and quality in engineering delivery.

Performance and ambition are part of the culture as well, supporting collective success while maintaining a positive and caring atmosphere.

Job :

Mission:

Take technical responsibility for the ambient lighting system, from the specifications to the release of the design and series production, ensuring cost, quality, timing, and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve technical specifications (functional, photometric, electrical, EMC, environmental).
• Manage the tier 1 supplier: design reviews, deliverable tracking, change and deviation management.
• Release the design in the release system (BOM, drawings, validated CAD data) at each milestone.
• Manage system variants: RGB colors, zones, equipment levels, markets.
• Establish and track the validation plan (DVP&R): photometric, thermal, vibration, aging, homogeneity, and colorimetry tests.
• Lead DFMEAs / risk analyses and ensure traceability of requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces: electronics (LIN/CAN bus, animation software), styling, interior integration, purchasing, quality, and plant.
• Support industrialization (PPAP / PPAP-like, EMPB) and resolve issues until series production starts.

Required profile :

Engineer (Master's degree or equivalent) in mechanics, electronics, mechatronics, or optics.

Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive product development, ideally in interior or exterior lighting.

Technical & Business Expertise

• Lighting: LEDs, light guides, colorimetry, photometry, thermal management.
• Electronics: LED drivers, LIN/CAN communication, EMC.

Processes, Methodologies & Quality

• Processes: APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, DVP&R, configuration management.
• Tools: Release system / PLM (Teamcenter, Enovia), CATIA / NX data reading.
• Management: Supplier management, cost, planning, problem-solving (8D).

Language Skills

• Languages: Fluent English essential; French.

Soft Skills:

• Technical leadership
• Autonomy,
• Decision-making skills,
• Ability to balance style, cost, and feasibility.