Job Description

About this position:

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Interior Design Engineer to work for a design and engineering consultancy who deliver premium services. They are known for creating and crafting bespoke products in a variety of sectors from Automotive through to Lifestyle and Travel.

Job Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for automotive interior component design. The candidate should be comfortable in taking ownership for the delivery and successful completion of components under their control. The ideal candidate will integrate within the current engineering team and deliver work to a high standard, within time and cost constraints.

• Interior design and package engineer reporting to the engineering manager.
• Design of interior visual panels and components, trimmed substrates, bracketry and switch gear for low volume and bespoke vehicles.
• Work with design, engineering and operations teams to take interior A-Surface data through to manufacture and assembly onto the vehicle.
• The role will involve working with customers and suppliers as well as being hands on with components, systems and vehicles.

Experience Required:

• Automotive interior design engineer with at least 3 years of experience within the industry.
• Familiarity with designing composite, plastic and metallic components using low volume manufacturing methods is essential.
• Experience of designing both visual quality composite panels as well as substrates for trimming with leather, Alcantara and other materials is required.
• Ideally familiar with working on small volume/bespoke vehicles and products to tight time scales in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with a well organised and methodical approach to planning and executing projects with minimal supervision.
• CATIA V5 experience required as well as the ability to create 2D technical drawings and follow a structured part release process.