Design Lead / Senior CAD Designer – Rear Lighting

At Tata Technologies, we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering, and delivering the products of tomorrow for the world's leading manufacturers. We are currently looking for a Design Lead / Senior CAD Designer – Rear Lighting to join our Engineering Research & Development team and take a leading role in the development of rear lighting systems for advanced automotive programs. About the Assignment As a Design Lead / Senior CAD Designer, you will act as the primary technical point of contact for rear lighting development activities while also contributing hands-on CAD design expertise for critical components. This role combines technical leadership, customer coordination, CAD development, and offshore team collaboration. You will be responsible for translating technical requirements into executable engineering deliverables, ensuring high-quality CAD data, and supporting successful product releases within demanding automotive development programs. Main Responsibilities As a Design Lead / Senior CAD Designer, you will:

• Act as the technical single point of contact for rear lighting CAD development activities.
• Coordinate development activities between customer stakeholders and offshore engineering teams.
• Break down project scope into component-level CAD work packages and manage delivery planning.
• Lead technical reviews and ensure engineering deliverables meet quality and release requirements.
• Manage technical risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation activities.
• Create, develop, and mature 3D CAD models for rear lighting components using CATIA V5.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, CAE, vehicle integration, and quality teams to secure robust engineering solutions.
• Perform CAD quality validation and ensure compliance with engineering standards and release processes.
• Maintain engineering data and status updates within relevant PLM and engineering systems.
• Support engineering releases and provide clear communication of project status, risks, and progress.

Required Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in automotive product development and CAD engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Design Lead, Module Lead, or Technical SPOC within distributed engineering teams.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with CATIA V5 in automotive development.
• Strong experience in advanced solid and surface modeling, assemblies, packaging, and detailed design.
• Experience with Teamcenter/TCE for CAD data management and release processes.
• Proven experience coordinating technical activities across customer and supplier organizations.
• Strong understanding of automotive development and engineering release processes.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Meritorious Qualifications

• Experience in automotive exterior lighting development.
• Direct experience with rear lamp or tail lamp component design.
• Knowledge of plastic component development and injection molding processes.
• Experience with: CADBOM, Planisware, Q-Checker.
• Knowledge of: GD&T, 3D PMI / 3D Drawings
• Automotive engineering change management
• Understanding of lighting system architecture, including housings, lenses, bezels, reflectors, light guides, brackets, and seals.

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on, then we would love to hear from you. Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world. Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest; each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date, it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.