Intern

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.

Mission
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To provide IP, R&D and BG other functions with an easy access to information on third party patents related to the BG or PG or R&I activities, including performing of patent searches and patent watches, and informing them of the issuance of new patents. IP Intelligence analysis

Responsibilities
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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
Realising 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
Developping an advanced knowledge of competitors patents within PG perimeter
Prior Art database (if any)
Management of a customised database containing all the patents related to the BG 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.    Back-Up

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Job:

R&D Trainee/Apprentice/VIE

Organization:

Region Intellectual Property

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Trainee (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Job Type:

Trainee / Internship

Job Posting Date:

2026-08-03

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