Product Design Engineer

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Job Title:

Studio Engineer / Vehicle packaging Engineer

Location:

Windsor, ON
The Studio Engineer will support automotive product design and vehicle development activities by managing packaging criteria, digital design data, physical modeling, and cross-functional engineering requirements. The role will work closely with styling, engineering, packaging, manufacturing, and modeling teams to ensure vehicle design themes are technically feasible while maintaining design intent.

Key Responsibilities

Manage  vehicle packaging criteria, hard points, and bogey models  to support feasible Conceptual Digital Data (CDD) surface development.

Support  clay modeling, theme development, mock-ups, and spaciousness property builds .

Coordinate with fabrication and modeling teams to support physical model development.

Provide and manage  milling, SLA, and rapid-prototype data  for clay models and prototype components.

Lead and facilitate  weekly cross-functional working-level meetings .

Coordinate requirements across  engineering, vehicle integration, HMI, safety, manufacturing, and other functional teams .

Complete  construction sections  and manage the approval process supporting CDD Style Freeze releases.

Support  Gap & Flush  requirements and ensure digital design releases meet program standards.

Verify CDD studies and official releases against  vehicle hard points, packaging, tooling requirements, and design theme .

Challenge engineering requirements where necessary to achieve and protect  design aesthetics and styling intent .

Present and support  weekly exterior design coordination meetings .

Ensure program content is aligned with the design theme and accurately captured in  CST loops and visualization BOMs .

Identify, communicate, and escalation design, engineering, packaging, or manufacturing misalignment.

Support resolution of cross-functional issues throughout vehicle development.

Monitor  competitive vehicle and design benchmarking trends .

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in  Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related technical field .

Strong understanding of  vehicle architecture, packaging, hard points, and design integration .

Experience working with cross-functional automotive engineering and design teams.

Ability to interpret and work with  CAD and digital vehicle data .

Strong communication, coordination, presentation, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working within an  automotive design studio, styling, product design, or vehicle integration environment .

Experience with  CATIA V5, Siemens NX, Teamcenter, or 3

DEXPERIENCE .

Knowledge of  clay modeling, milling, SLA, rapid prototyping, and physical mock-ups .

Experience with  Gap & Flush, CDD, Style Freeze, construction sections, CST loops, and visualization BOMs .

Understanding of  tooling feasibility and manufacturing requirements .

Experience with  automotive exterior design and competitive benchmarking .

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