Studio Engineering Lighting Design

Studio Engineering Lighting Design

Our client is a European R&D centre focused on electric mobility technology and solutions. It aims to meet the growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. Our clients work comes to life in products and services from world leading brands in the family.

This position is based on site in Gothenburg.

Responsibilities:

• Translating engineering requirement into design possibilities
• Transferring and describing engineering and key legislative requirements to design
• Generate feasible solutions for technically challenging areas
• Managing and documenting agreements between design and engineering
• Being the voice of design, communicating design intents and needs within engineering
• Understand and implement technical input and limitations in the design models
• Document feasibility of design themes and raise critical issues
• Arbitrate, drive and document agreements between engineering and design
• Set up new light concepts in Catia and optical software
• Secure up-to date competence in continuity. i.e Benchmark all competitors.
• Tech scouting and arranging presentations/workshops with innovation companies and suppliers within the lighting field.
• Be updated on existing manufacturing methods and technologies

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Very deep lamp technology, engineering, and legal requirement knowledge.
• Capable of understanding design and proposing technical solutions to realise design intent.
• Automotive product concept and component design experience on exterior lighting.
• Preferably optical software experience (SPEOS, Lucidshape, Light tools)
• Complete understanding of vehicle development process.
• Very good Catia and Teamcenter experience
• Technical university or equivalent, +10 yrs working experience in automotive industry is required.
• Extensive automotive lamp concept engineering experience with an appreciation for aesthetic
• challenges. Experience working in a design studio is merited.
• An understanding of the engineering and validation processes for vehicle components and systems.
• A working knowledge of component manufacturing, tooling requirements and lead times.

Personal attributes:

• Leadership skills
• Ability to work individually as well as in cross functional teams and being able to take a leading role
• Highly effective and productive
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork abilities
• Ability to travel to China on occasion. It must be confirmed that the candidate will not have issues obtaining a travel visa from the Chinese Visa Application Centre
• Fluency in English is required, Mandarin is merited.
• Work will be performed in Studio in Sweden