Intellectual Property Engineer

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Job Description

Les nouvelles tendances transforment l’industrie automobile. Inspiré par les nouveaux défis, Faurecia anticipe l’avenir de la mobilité en développant des solutions technologiques de pointe pour la vie connectée à bord et la mobilité durable. Si vous souhaitez contribuer et créer de la valeur pour la mobilité plus propre et plus intelligente de demain, Faurecia est l’entreprise qu'il vous faut.

Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents.

Automotive industry is evolving as never seen before with the spread of the electrical drive and the connectivity, and with the autonomous driving coming soon. Faurecia intended to be a key contributor to the Cockpit of the Future and to the Clean Mobility. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

Faurecia is a Developer & Supplier for vehicle Seats, Instrument Panels, Interior Trims, and Electronic devices for vehicle’s cockpits and Advanced Driving Assistance Systems, as well for Clean solutions for exhaust systems and electrical mobility to all automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers.

Our Group Intellectual Property organization is looking for a Patent Engineer (M/F) to reinforce the IP staff of the R&D Center of Brières (91, 55Km South of Paris). He/she would be dedicated to Seating activities being located closely to the Innovation and R&D teams. However, some inventions from Interiors Business Group . The technologies addressed relate mainly to mechanical engineering as well to electronics and softwares. The IP team comprises about 45 people localized in France, Germany, United-States, India, China and Japan including Patent Attorneys qualified before many Patent Offices. The IP site of Brières comprises two senior patent engineers (EQE qualified), two patent analysts and a paralegal.

As a Patent Engineer she/he must have knowledge in Patent Laws combined with an engineer degree . She/he has to help inventors to define their inventions, to assess the patentability of the Invention Disclosure Forms (IDF), to prepare patent first filing and extension decisions with the inputs from the experts and marketing specialists through the world. The Patent Engineer has also to establish the cooperation with external patent attorneys and to check the quality of their work. She/he will be involved in patent infringement analysis, as well in opposition and nullity proceeding in Europe.

The main missions of the role are as follows:

Assist our inventors to identify and complete Invention Disclosure Forms (IDF);

Assess the patentability of the IDF;

Ensure the cooperation with Patent Attorneys and the quality of our patent filing;

Prepare the patent filing/extension decisions for Patent Committees;

and in cooperation with the Patent Analysts:

- Manage patent search work done internally or externally;

- Prepare Freedom To Operate analysis.

The ideal candidate will have/be:

An Engineer Degree or Master's degree in Mechanics and/or Electronics;

Preferably some knowledge in patent laws and procedures, notably before French, German, US, European and Chinese patent offices, or University degree at Intellectual Property, ideally the CEIPI (patent) of Strasbourg University or an experience as patent engineer;

Knowledge in patent searching would be an advantage;

Fluent English is mandatory;

Team player with good communication skills, able to work in a multicultural environment.

Faurecia souscrit au principe d'équité en matière d'emploi.