Design Engineer

Role: Class A Surface Modeler Engineer

What awaits you/ Job Profile 

• You will create high-quality Class A surfaces for premium automotive interior and exterior components, ensuring exceptional visual quality, manufacturability, and design intent realization.
• Youll collaborate closely with designers, CAS modelers, and engineering teams across global BMW locations to transform creative concepts into production-feasible digital surfaces.
• Youll work with industry-leading tools like ICEM Surf, and CATIA while continuously enhancing your expertise in advanced surfacing methodologies and digital product development.
• This role offers opportunities to contribute to iconic BMW vehicles, drive surface excellence across development phases, and grow within a world-class automotive design and engineering environment.
• Join BMW Tech Works India in the Digital Product Engineering cluster, Unit CAD, focusing on Class A surfacing development for automotive interior and exterior components.
• Collaborate daily with the Munich Design Studio and global development teams to deliver aesthetically refined and technically robust Class A surfaces aligned with BMW design standards.
• Be part of a highly skilled cross-functional team committed to craftsmanship, innovation, and surface quality excellence throughout the vehicle development process.
• Work in a dynamic international environment that promotes continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional growth in advanced automotive surfacing technologies.

What should you bring along

• A strong passion for automotive surfaces, with a keen sense of form and aesthetic judgment.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with design and styling partners in Munich.
• Very good English language skills (German language is an advantage).
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in automotive Class A surfacing in interior or exterior
• Proactive, teamwork-oriented mindset with the ability to operate in a matrix environment.

Must have technical skill 

• Expert proficiency in ICEM Surf for high-quality surface modelling.
• Strong understanding of surfaces, form, and aesthetics while maintaining technical requirements
• Working knowledge of CATIA is beneficial.
• Familiarity with visualization tools (e.g., VRED) for presenting surface concepts.
• Basic familiarity with Poly Tools (SubD, Blender) is advantageous.
• Experience with parametric design concepts and AI-assisted design tools is a plus.
• Solid technical understanding of design intent, tolerances, and production feasibility.

Good to have Technical skills

• Experience working with BMW design studios or automotive styling teams, preferably in international collaborations.
• Knowledge of digitization workflows, data exchange formats, and version control in a design/engineering context.
• Exposure to design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) considerations.
• Ability to contribute to rapid ideation and iteration cycles while maintaining high-quality surface outputs.