CAD Design Engineer

Location Birmingham
Job type: Contract
Salary: £40.00 OUTSIDE IR35
Contact name: Keeley Atkinson

Contact email: katkinson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: CDE-KA
Published: 27 days ago
Duration: 6 months (rolling)
Expiry date: 15 Mar 2025 23:59
Startdate: ASAP

Main purpose of the job:

  • Development of final design CAD data within the engineering team ensuring that all product designs are manufacturing and tooling feasible and meet the program requirements.

Main missions and results:

  • Uses Catia V5/V6 to develop complex Interior Trim automotive assemblies from A-Surface in line with injection moulding best practices for tooling, assembly, package, and costing.

  • Works between Tier One and OEM Engineering Teams to present and negotiate and resolve issues with product design and specifications.

  • Uses Enovia V6 and 3Dexperience to release geometry into the OEM.

  • Understand and applies GD&T in line with component performance and material tolerances.

  • Confidently presents design reviews at all business levels.

  • Ensures that product designs consider:

    • design for assembly

    • design for manufacture

    • quality functional deployment

    • finite element analysis data

    • dimensional variation analysis (In conjunction with DVA specialist).

  • Creates additional data sets as required by the program e.g. 2D drawing, section book, visualization files, exploded views etc. acc. company internal & customer requirements.

  • Pulling out and archiving CAD data into internal and customer-based data applications (e.g. PDM systems).

  • Prepare perspective illustrations to improve concept visualization and understanding.

  • Utilizes CAD and manual design equipment with emphasis on compatibility.

  • Support all general activities within his / her scope of work.

  • Office based (Solihull) in line with comapny UK Policy of Tuesday to Thursday working from the office.

  • Awareness of Tissx and protocols to work within.

Preferred skills and experience:

  • 2 years’ experience in automotive instrument panel or interior trim design or 3 years’ experience in automotive interior design

  • Knowledge of headliner, pillar trim, trunk and loadspace assemblies as injection moulding, post wrapped and compression formed parts preferred.

  • Knowledge of customer requirements and company manufacturing product and processes

  • Experience in surface development desirable

  • Specific experience in using the following Catia V5/V6 modules:

    • Part Design

    • Generative Shape Design

    • Assembly Design, Drafting

    • Functional Tolerancing and Annotation(V5)/3D Tolerancing and Annotation (V6)

    • DMU Space Analysis (V5)

  • familiarity with the various 3DX Enovia collaboration tools and methods for customer collaboration and releasing.

  • Fluent English

  • Analytical approach to problem

  • Knowledge of problem-solving techniques

  • Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills