Studio Designer-vehicle Personalization

Studio Designer
- Vehicle Personalization
- Master of design (M Des) or Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Vehicle Engineering.
- As an individual you should have an unusual blend of creativity, a keen eye for aesthetics and perceived quality and understand the technical limitations in order to achieve this.
- Be a champion of good, fundamental design across the entire vehicle.
- Extensive automotive product concept and component design experience on style sensitive environments
- Extensive Catia V5 or V6, ALIAS Automotive surfacing, ICEM capability.
- Working knowledge of domestic & global homologation, legal, safety requirements, standards, and compliance.
- Working knowledge of the design and validation processes for vehicle components and systems.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing process development and tooling design
- Working knowledge of component manufacturing tooling requirements and lead times.
- Previous studio engineering or complete vehicle packaging experience would be an advantage
- Educated to degree level or equivalent within a design related engineering discipline, with relevant automotive experience.
- Travel to IMG locations based on business needs/training.
- The Studio Engineer will be expected to work closely with all disciplines within Vehicle personalization, to develop adventurous award-winning accessories, which effectively integrate architecture engineering excellence into appealing creative designs.
- Arbitrate and generate solutions to technically challenging areas on new product development by bringing Design and Engineering together
- Be a part of a cross-functional working team to accomplish this task. Studio engineering is responsible for leading all theme packaging development and theme feasibility for Interior, Exterior, chassis, Electrical Class ‘A’ surface using Alias Automotive Surfacing or ICEM
- You will be expected to work effectively within the team and be fully prepared to take command of interface issues to drive efficient and effective resolution.
- This position will include creating data, benchmarking, supporting clay modeling, craftsmanship sections, master section development, SLA/SLS part creation, chairing meetings to drive feasibility, coordinating design work, and communicating design requirements to design, modeling, and CAD modeling staff.
- Specific responsibilities include: developing feasible solutions to support the accessories theme, through experience, benchmarking and technical creativity. Developing and presenting solutions in 3D CAD data using Catia V6. Guiding Design, Surfacing and Product Development teams to provide the best solution possible for Vehicle personalization (VP). Ensuring the Design and Surface teams are up to date with the latest technical input from Engineering, program assumption changes, and management level reviews.
- Creating and supporting the development of best practices across the organization.
- Manage information in the Enovia PLM, Catia V6 environment. Responsible for data management throughout program lifecycle, including: concept design, supplier engagement, systems requirements, simulation analysis, prototyping builds and production support.
- Engage in debate and discussions for all matters affecting design process and timing planning within your responsibility.