R&D Manager for Thermal Management - Data Center & BESS M/F.

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.

Join our teams committed to making mobility greener!

At the heart of electrification, Valeo develops the latest innovations and best technologies meeting the needs of the electric mobility market. Valeo’s Valeo Power Division combines expertise in thermal energy management and powertrain systems, reducing pollutant emissions and maximizing vehicle autonomy.

Valeo’s Site located in Cergy, is Valeo’s Power Division Headquarters. It employs over 800 people working on the development of electric powertrain systems (inverter, onboard charger, etc.).

As part of the strategic development of our Data Center and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) businesses, we are seeking our future R&D Manager for Thermal Management M/F, who will be responsible for overseeing all technical, budgetary, and human resources aspects of a platform dedicated to cooling solutions (liquid cooling of chips, CDUs, and thermal modules).

Your mission will be to define technological strategies, optimize resources, and ensure the development of next-generation platform standards.

Your responsibilities : 

• Define technical product strategies in accordance with the R&D Cooling platform roadmaps
• Drive the development of platform standards, ensure their implementation, and identify technological synergies with other product lines
• Ensure the protection of intellectual property
• Oversee the rollout of technical training and provide warranty support
• Lead, coordinate, and optimize the organization of the platform’s R&D teams
• Develop, manage, and safeguard the platform’s overall R&D budget
• In collaboration with the Business Unit Manager, ensure the teams are appropriately staffed, available, and continuously developing their skills
• Provide tools for knowledge capture and sharing
• Drive continuous improvement in technical performance and R&D efficiency

About you :  

You hold a master’s degree (Bac+5) in Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, or Complex Systems, and have at least 10 years of experience in R&D development, ideally gained in the thermal systems/cooling sector for data centers, BESS, the automotive industry, or the energy sector.

You have developed solid expertise in thermal engineering and product platform development, as well as in R&D team management.

You are well-versed in intellectual property management issues and have a strong command of standardization and budget management methodologies.

Recognized for your leadership and interpersonal skills, you thrive in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment.

You are fluent in English.

Employee Benefits :

• Employee shareholding plan, Action Logement Services (financial support for housing)
• Social and Economic Committee (CSE) : holidays, social and cultural activities
• Ability to work from home (up to 2 days per week)
• Company restaurant

Why Valeo ?

• To join a top tech company shaping tomorrow’s automotive industry
• To explore national and international career mobility opportunities 
• To support the development of greener, safer and smarter mobility

Valeo sees the diversity of its employees as a key asset across all of its businesses, in all its forms – including gender diversity, disability diversity, cultural diversity and intergenerational diversity.

Job:

Platforms management

Organization:

Power Division Product Marketing and NVS

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Undefined term

Job Posting Date:

2026-08-06

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