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# Design Engineer

- **Company:** Select Engineering
- **Location:** Basildon, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £113,464.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, CAD Data Exchange, Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), CATIA V5
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8cbb278efb382a78

## About the Role

Do you have experience in CATIA?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Studio Engineering: working within Design to deliver theme and work with Engineering to align and challenge technical inputs

 * Studio Engineering: Design feasibility and CAD engineering Ford TC and Catia V5
 * Design Aesthetic Understanding
 * Curious mind / Innovation mindset
 * Collaborative Mindset both inside and outside Design
 * Organization skills
 * Team-oriented working

Experience Required:

 * Minimum 3 years of experience in automotive exterior or interior Studio Engineering within Design

Education Required:

 * Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or a related field

Consultant

Vicki Martinson

## Description

* Coordinate and support Studio Engineering Feasibility and Design Process
 * Studio Design Feasibility Status, Hard points plan and Executive Summary
 * Coordinate and support benchmark for technical solutions applicable to the attributed project
 * In charge of the CAD design and development of highly complex components as single part and parts assembly with interdependent functionalities
 * Coordinate and support technical communication with Design and all non-Design Departments
 * Check incoming data from internal and external suppliers for compliance
 * Ensure feasibility and appropriate dimensioning of the developed CAD data (e.g., strength, rigidity, cross-sections, centres of gravity, Masses, moments of inertia)
 * Support the internal and constant process improvement in terms of CAD data timing and quality delivery
 * Embrace cross-project development teams
 * Coordinate and support the documentation and archives of the created CAD data
 * Develop product presentations relative to the developed CAD data
 * Responsible of storing, releasing and archiving in Team Centre according to Ford global processes. (Updating, maintaining and securing the data.)


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