Patent Watch Engineer

PL02 VALEO AUTOSYSTEMY Sp.zo.o.

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Chennai Until 9/26/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted July 28, 2026 Last posted July 28, 2026
Job description

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.

Follow-up & Report on new patent publications from third parties

  • Monthly report on new patent publications, ranked by Product Lines / technical fields, relevance, etc..

  • Follow-up of the R&D new projects (Planning – Prior art searches)

IP landscaping to identify technological/IP trend

  • Build regular IP landscape report on selected topic, in relation with R&D/R&I needs, help understanding competitors R&D strategy  

  • Searching patent database to detect technological trends, whitespace and region of monopole
     

Prior art searches

  • Realizing prior art searches e. g. for patent clearances, patentability studies, patent mappings in cooperation with R&D

  • Training people (Project team members, …) to search tools and methods

  • Optimizing search tools

  • Developing tools to retrieve previous searches

  • Developing an advanced knowledge of competitors patents within PG perimeter
     

Prior Art database (if any)

  • Management of a customized database containing all the patents related to the Division or PG or R&I activities,

  • Developing tools to permit an easy retrieval of patents according to certain criteria;

  • Monitoring with technical experts the indexation of patents in the database and putting some additional information for each of them;

  • Managing access to the database (restricted access to added information, i.e. non public);
     

Applying the Environment Safety and Security procedures and good practices; know for their activities and the activities of subcontractors the potential risks and their consequences. Be attentive and responsive to them and manage the associated action plans.

Job:

Patent Watch Engineer

Organization:

Intellectual Property

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-07-28

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

About this role

Summary

Monitor patents and conduct IP landscape reports to support R&D and patent strategies.

Job title

Patent Watch Engineer

Experience level

null

Industry

automotive

Location requirements

Chennai, no remote work specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

patent searchesIP landscapeprior artdatabase management

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

patent researchIP landscapeprior art searchesdatabase management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

On-site City