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.
You will be joining the AI4ALL initiative within our Group IS Application Center (GISACC). This agile team is dedicated to revolutionizing our products and internal tools by harnessing the power of cutting-edge Generative AI. We aim to build scalable, serverless, and intelligent applications that seamlessly integrate into Valeo’s workflow.
MissionAs a Senior AI Data Engineer, you will bridge the gap between raw enterprise data and our Generative AI ecosystem. You will architect the "nervous system" of our AI models, ensuring our LLMs have access to high-quality, real-time, and contextually relevant data to power the next generation of Valeo’s Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) tools and internal processes.
Key ResponsibilitiesAdvanced RAG Architecture: Design and implement end-to-end pipelines for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), including advanced retrieval techniques, Graph RAG, Agentic RAG, and multimodal RAG.
Vector Database Management: Architect and optimize vector stores (e.g., Qdrant, Pinecone) to handle high-dimensional embeddings and ensure low-latency similarity searches.
Data Connectivity: Design, develop, and maintain secure data connectors to pull information from various external tools, SaaS platforms, and internal databases.
Data Pre-processing for Gen-AI: Develop cleaning and normalization workflows specifically for unstructured data (PDFs, HTML, Markdown) to ensure optimal LLM performance.
Orchestration: Use tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or Haystack to orchestrate complex data flows between storage, embedding models, and LLM endpoints.
Monitoring & Evaluation: Implement "RAG-as-a-service" monitoring to track retrieval quality (faithfulness, relevancy) and data drift in production.
Education: B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
Experience: 5+ years in Data Engineering with a recent focus on AI/ML pipelines.
Technical Skills:
Languages: Expert proficiency in Python and SQL; knowledge of Java or Go is a plus.
Data Tools: Experience with Spark, Kafka, Airflow/Prefect, and dbt.
AI Frameworks: Hands-on experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, MCP, A2A, and ADK.
Vector DBs: Proficiency with Qdrant, Pinecone, Chroma, Weaviate, or pgvector.
Cloud/DevOps: Knowledge of GCP/AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Preferred: Deep understanding of embedding models, chunking strategies, and unstructured data extraction tools (e.g., Unstructured.io, PyMuPDF).
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Job Posting Date:
2026-01-26Join 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
Skills Required
- 5+ years in Data Engineering with a recent focus on AI/ML pipelines
- Expert proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience with Spark, Kafka, Airflow/Prefect, and dbt
- Hands-on experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI API, and Hugging Face
Valeo US Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Valeo US and has not been reviewed or approved by Valeo US.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is positioned roughly in line with large automotive manufacturers’ ranges, with competitive bases described for engineers, technicians, and select salaried roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Medical coverage uses major carriers such as Blue Cross/Anthem, and premiums are described as reasonable for many roles, alongside core offerings like life insurance and an employee assistance program.
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) with employer match around 5% is referenced, with structures that have included automatic contributions plus match depending on location and time, and current postings list 401(k) matching as a core benefit.
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What We Do
Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2020, the Group generated sales of 16.4 billion euros and invested 12% of its original equipment sales in Research and Development. At December 31, 2020, Valeo had 187 plants, 20 research centers, 43 development centers and 15 distribution platforms, and employed 110,300 people in 33 countries worldwide. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
