Senior/Chief Automotive Designer

Overview

Join BYD Milan Design Studio to craft advanced exterior and interior styling for a global audience. You will help shape BYD's styling language through end-to-end design work, collaborating with engineering and international teams. The role spans from independent delivery to strategy and team leadership depending on level. This is an opportunity to influence luxury and flagship design directions within a sustainable mobility mission.

Responsabilità

• Independently deliver end-to-end styling solutions (Senior)
• Ensure design feasibility with engineering teams
• Lead project-specific trend research
• Guide juniors and participate in design reviews
• Lead the studio's exterior/interior styling strategy and creative direction (Chief)
• Build & manage an international high-performing styling team (Chief)
• Coordinate with global design/engineering teams for design realization (Senior/Chief)
• Drive innovation in BYD's styling language (Chief)

Requisiti fondamentali

• Proven automotive exterior/interior styling experience (Senior/Chief)
• Excellent independent design & problem-solving ability (Senior)
• Proficient in using design software and tools for proposal delivery; hands-on with digital and physical models
• Mandatory professional automotive design portfolio
• Fluent in English (written & spoken)
• Bachelor's or higher in Automotive/Transportation/Industrial/Interior Design
• Ability to work in a multicultural international team
• multicultural collaboration
• leadership and team guidance (Senior/Chief)
• strong problem-solving
• design software proficiency
• prototyping with digital and physical models
• trend research and styling direction