Catia Product Designer

US Farathane is hiring a Product Designer with a focus on Catia design, this role will work on-site at our Corporate technical Center in Auburn Hills Summary : The Product Designer must be able to create all CAD files using Catia V5 or NX to the customer standards.

This position requires strong knowledge and experience in automotive interior and exterior plastic design. This includes injection molding, 2 shot injection molding, compression molding, extruded design and class 'A' surfacing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Maintain 3D math models, drawings and assemblies using Catia V5 / V6
• Interpret information from internal and customer engineering team (marked prints, sketches, Power Point) and apply it to the design.
• Follow design direction and develop multiple design concepts in a short duration of time.
• Apply customer's given standards and procedures within the part design for release into OEM's system.
• Work directly with Engineering Team to ensure Body CAD requirements are met.
• Communicate with Design Manager on project deliverables and timing.
• Able to meet program design / drawing deliverable schedules.
• Able to apply Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerances to drawings.
• Create math models using sketcher and parametric modeling.
• Experience using Ford Teamcenter

Qualifications :

• Associates degree in design technology, mechanical design or equivalent required (equivalent job experience will be considered).
• Minimum 5-7 years of hands-on, automotive product design.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience using Catia V5
• 1-5 years Catia V5 drawing experience.
• Familiarity with Automotive OEM Global Requirements.
• Able to create class 'A' surface from master sections, scans and surface.
• Experience designing injection molded components with good understanding of backside lifter / slide design, 'A' surface graining and mold design associated to draft angle.
• Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Physical Requirements : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear.

Ability to lift 5-25 pounds. Working Conditions : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These conditions include :

• This position operates in a professional office environment with controlled temperatures.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• Will have some exposure to loud noise, hot and cold temperatures in manufacturing plants.

US Farathane offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including :

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Job Promotional Opportunities and much more!
24 days ago