Designer, Product Engineer, Business Development

• Working Time:
  Full Time

THE COMPANY

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic, and transportation. In 2023, Continental generated sales of €41.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 56 countries and markets.

Conti Tech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists. The Continental group sector offers its customers connected, environment‑friendly, safe, and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off‑highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 42,000 employees in more than 40 countries and sales of some €6.8 billion (2023), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. There is no relocation or sponsorship available for this role.

• Development of feasible designs (grain, color, prints, combinations) and ensuring of receiving customer approvals incl. documentation within PLC process
• Being involved in design developments and in design releases for customer projects
• Identifying customer/market design needs
• Design presentations internal / external
• Responsibility for the surface design developments with the affected customers

• Support Segment Automotive Interior and Segment Liv Tec in the Americas region for strategic decision‐making and/or acquisition phase of strategically important customer/market projects for the region
• Networking and expanding partnerships between SSL Design and affected departments at customers
• Observation of competitive design technologies/activities together with sales
• Design – Plant Support Winchester

• Initiating and/or monitoring of trial batches through the internal process
• Tracking color developments through the internal development process
• Tracking grain developments through the internal development process
• Tracking of internal design projects

• Americas customer project management of design projects in Americas
• Attending color, print, or/and texture evaluations at suppliers, production, customer
• Escalation management within the Americas Design department

• Collaboration and advising all BA SSL stakeholder and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle (PLC) which have an impact on design related product / production properties (e.g feasibility and impact on BA SSL)
• Building up and extending collaboration between SSL and the affected departments at the customer. Main task is the acquisition of new projects

• Reporting based on defined cycles within a defined reporting system (1:1 Meetings, Dashboard, Action list etc)
• Report status updates, projected timelines to customer
• Report to affected internal departments with recommendations basis customer feedback
• Reporting and documenting customer approval status (establish ISAR, transfer form roller to serial status, master creation…)

• Collecting necessary input from the customers
• Presenting color submissions and grain developments to the customer
• Building up and extending collaboration between SSL Design and the affected departments at the customer
• Support PM team for acquisition of new projects
• Internal presentations

• Team Member within a PM Team.
• Responsibility for the surface design developments with the affected customer.
• Collaboration with all parties and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle Process PLC.
• Collaboration with Creative Design, Automotive Design, Liv Tec Design, DTS SSL.

• Supervision, observation, gathering, and analysis of the American market, especially colors, textures, prints, and materials of competitors
• Recognize design and color trends of the American market
• Observation and analysis of the color and trim area…