The task of the Mobility Design & Concept team is to identify and de-code future market and consumer trends, develop a future mobility vision for the group, create concepts to represent that vision, and visualize it in a compelling and convincing story, both from user perspective and our Group.
Title: The Jr. Transportation Designer
An active contributor to a conceptual project, through strategic research and thinking, needs to help create concepts and illustrate a user story including vehicle/vehicles design. Identify needed existing/future technologies to facilitate and complement the concept. The Jr. Transportation Designer will need to support in creating digital/physical representation.
Education Requirements Required: Bachelor's Degree in Automotive or Industrial Design or equivalent • 0-3 years of experience in automotive design and concept development
Duties & Responsibilities
Develop/create new mobility concepts and product ideas for VW Group globally and within US market based on de-coded research and analysis
Create visual storyboards of future concepts
Communicate with concept development and automotive design team
Support CAD modeling team with data prep, and surface modeling
Create, collect, develop artistic to realistic material library for use in mobility concepts
Collaborates with engineers and specialists in other areas (UX, Mechatronics, research, modeling)
General Skills
Self-motivated, flexible individual with high degree of ownership and accountability for results
Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason, creative and strategic
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams in creating creative content
Communication skills – interpersonal, presentation and written
Software Skills
Required Software skills: Standard sketching and design tools (such as Photoshop, Illustrator or equivalent, CAD tools (Alias, Blender, etc.)