Automotive Exterior / Interior Lighting Studio Engineer

We’re looking for a Exterior / Interior Lighting Studio Engineer for a global automotive company in Gothenburg. Description of the assignment

• Being the voice of design, communicating design intent and needs within engineering
• Translating engineering requirements 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
• Understand design intent and contribute technical solutions to drive development in the design direction
• Document feasibility of design themes and raise critical issues
• Set up new light concepts in CATIA and optical software
• Secure competitive lighting solutions for design. 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 and skills required for the role

• Very deep knowledge of lamp technology, engineering, and legal requirements.
• Capable of understanding design and proposing technical solutions to realise design intent.
• Automotive product concept and component design experience on both exterior and interior lighting.
• Preferably optical software experience (SPEOS, Lucidshape, Light tools)
• Complete understanding of the vehicle development process
• Very good CATIA and Teamcenter experience
• Technical university or equivalent, +10 years of experience in the 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.
• Experience supporting development of physical lamp prototypes to assess lighting concepts

Personal attributes

• Leadership skills
• Ability to work individually as well as in cross-functional teams and be able to take a leading role
• Highly effective and productive
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork abilities
• Ability to travel to China on occasion. You must confirm that you will not have issues obtaining a travel visa from the Chinese Visa Application Center.
• Fluency in English is required; Mandarin is a plus.
• Work will be performed in a studio in Sweden

This is a full-time consultant position in Gothenburg through Incluso, starting November 2nd. It´s a six-month limited contract with the possibility of being extended. This role is 100% on-site in Gothenburg. Please submit your CV as soon as possible; we will review the applications on an ongoing basis. For more information about this role, please contact Karin Persson, recruiter at Incluso.