Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Within the innovation team focused on automotive seat systems, you will contribute to the development and optimization of sensor systems integrated into automotive seats. Your main mission will be to specify, design, validate, and integrate high-performance and robust sensor solutions.

The main missions of the role are:

• Define system-level requirements for sensor subsystems (selection, architecture, performance evaluation).
• Master capacitive sensor technology, characterize and simulate capacitive sensor at the sensor system level
• Design, prototype, and evaluate sensor systems, including electronics, mechanics, signal conditioning, and calibration.
• Perform testing, characterization, and validation (environmental, stress, and reliability testing).
• Interface with sensor suppliers to evaluate components, monitor roadmaps, and ensure system integration.
• Collaborate with software, signal processing, and embedded systems teams for data integration and sensor fusion.
• Conduct technology scouting and maintain awareness of emerging sensor technologies (optical, MEMS, radar, capacitive, resistive etc.).
• Write technical documentation: specifications, test reports, and integration guidelines.
• Support industrialization or transfer-to-manufacturing phases for integrated sensor solutions.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement of sensor system

Your profile and competencies to succeed

• Master’s degree or Engineering degree in electronics, physics, instrumentation, microelectronics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in sensor design or system integration.
• Ideally hands-on experience with sensor characterization, qualification, and validation.
• Familiarity with supplier interaction and cross-functional system development.
• Solid understanding of analog/mixed-signal electronics (low signal, conditioning, amplifiers, filters).
• Knowledge of sensor technologies such as resistive (FSR) and resistive (Peizo).
• Proficiency in lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, analyzers, test benches).
• Programming skills in C/C++, Python, MATLAB or and embedded would be a real plus.
• Experience in developing and implementing algorithms for signal processing, calibration, sensor fusion, and data filtering.
• Awareness of system constraints (power, noise, thermal, mechanical integration).
• Team leader spirit, able to network
• International mindset
• Capacity to work in matrix organization
• Fluent english, minimum B2, ideally C1

What we can do for you

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.

Why join us

FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.