Automotive Styling Designer in NAPPANEE, Indiana

Automotive Styling Designer

We are seeking a highly creative and technically proficient Automotive Styling Designer with strong expertise in concept sketching and Alias Class-A surface modeling. The candidate will play a key role in translating design intent into production-feasible digital models, contributing across the full styling development cycle from ideation to final surface release.

Experience:

5-7 years. Portfolio is a must along with the resume for application.

• Create high-quality automotive sketches (2D/3D) to explore form, proportion, and design themes.
• Develop advanced theme proposals including exterior and/or interior concepts.
• Communicate design clearly through digital and hand sketches, renderings, and presentations
• Collaborating with design leads to refine and evolving styling directions
• Develop high-quality CAS and Class A surfaces using Autodesk Alias.
• Translate sketches and clay scans into digital models
• Perform surface refinement, continuity checks (G2/G3), and reflection quality analysis
• Create production-feasible Class A Surfaces
• Collaborate closely with Styling designers and engineering teams and deliver CAS and Class - A Surface models
• Ensure design intent is preserved while meeting technical constraints
• Participate in design reviews and provide digital modelling inputs
• Manage iterations efficiently under tight timelines

• CAS modelling & Class A surfacing using Alias
• Strong understanding of surface continuity (G0/G1/G2/G3)
• Patch Layout
• Reflection and highlight quality analysis
• Tooling feasibility and engineering constraints

• Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial design / Transportation Design
• 5-7 years of experience in automotive or industrial design modelling
• Prior experience working with OEMs or Tier-1 suppliers preferred
• Strong portfolio demonstrating: CAS modelling/ Class A surfacing