PATENT ENGINEER M/F

Job description

Company description
Independent, innovative, established on the major markets, Plastic Omnium continues to pursue its winning strategy and solidify its position as world leader in its two business lines:
* AUTOMOTIVE — bodywork and structural equipment fuel and pollution control systems,
* ENVIRONMENT — equipment and services for waste management and urban development.
With over 26,000 employees, 120 factories and 21 R&D centers in 30 countries, Plastic Omnium is an independent French company, listed on the Paris stock exchange, with 2015 revenues of €6 billion.
Our AUTO INERGY Division is the leading tier-one supplier of plastic fuel systems and emission reduction related fluids systems to car manufacturers. Our Research Center is located in Bruxelles and hosts the Intellactual Property department.
Missions:
The VIE role belongs to the Intellactual Property department and the mission is dedicated to the Open Innovation activity for the development of pressurized tanks :
- Collect all the published and future patents in the different associated fileds (materials, structure, functions components) )
- Identify the categories of technical solutions, write the synthesis reports and documents
- With the project teams, select the closest concept for our needs and document the benefits and drawbacks
- Prepare the analysis for freedom of operation for the retained concepts
- Conduct active techological watch over identified fileds
- Through bibliometric studies, analyse the trends fot the technological evolutions
Profil:
Mechanical/material engineer with industrial engineering orientation
Interest or experience in intellectual property
Analytical and methodic minded, with synthesis capacities
Bilingual French/English, German is a plus