Studio Engineer - Bengaluru, India - River
Description
About River
River is an electric vehicle startup building multi-utility scooters. The company builds products ground up with a strong focus on design and engineering. Currently, the company is in the expansion stage as we have commenced our vehicle deliveries in Bangalore with over 200+ vehicles on road. River is backed by marquee international investors - Yamaha Motor Co Ltd, Dubai based Al-Futtaim Group, Lowcarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures, Israel based Maniv mobility and US based Trucks VC. These are mobility focused funds backed by some of the big names in the automotive industry. River is founded by experienced automotive professionals and is a fast growing company with a team of 400+ people.
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Location : Whitefield, Bangalore (On-Site - Work from office only)
Role: Lead Studio Engineer - Industrial Design
We are seeking a Lead Studio engineer for our Industrial design team. The ideal candidate would
be the one who will help us design unique, inspiring and consistent products in a fast paced and
highly creative environment.
Requirement
Experience: 6 plus years of experience in an Automotive Design Studio
Degree: Degree in Mechanical / Automotive Engineering
What you'll do:
● Being the internal Engineering support within Design, creating feasible solutions to meet the
design intent
● Help to incorporate engineering, legislative, and manufacturing requirements into the
Design
● Develop concepts and detailed designs of vehicle components and body parts.
● knowledge in tooling and machine standards and experience providing technical design
direction on hardware and mechanical products
● Experience in working on design & development of 2-wheeler handle bar switches, Lighting,
display and other electro-mechanical components.
● Translate geometrical development and integration across Design, Product Engineering, and
Manufacturing teams
● Assist in Design Solution maturation relative to "Class A" surface progression.
● Collect, manage and communicate technical input and limitations to the design team
● Actively follow feasibility of design and raise critical issues
● Come up with innovative solutions with respect to vehicle packaging with an understanding
of the architecture and help design push beyond the status quo
● Experience in developing Industrial styling surfaces (A-surface) with considering tooling
feasible will be an added advantage.
● Manage and document agreements between Design and Engineering
● Manage and document the status of shared 3D content between engineering and design
studio
What you need to have:
● Blend of creativity, a keen eye for aesthetic quality and an understanding of the technical
limitations
● Expertise in CAD, preferably Solidworks/Catia
● Holistic approach to problem-solving, confidence in decision making
● Awareness of homologation, and legislative compliance
● Strong skills in communicating new ideas and concepts on paper, digitally, and verbally
● Understanding of vehicle architectures and packaging
● Working knowledge of Alias software would be an advantage