Design Manager

Ersilia; Montmeló; Presencial; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A high-performance mobility firm in Cataluña seeks a Design Manager to lead a mechanical battery design team. Responsibilities include ensuring designs meet performance, safety, and cost targets, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative work environment. Candidates should have more than 8 years of experience, expertise in mechanical battery pack design, and leadership skills in high-pressure settings. The role requires fluency in English and proficiency with tools like CATIA V6.

Formación

• 8 years or more of professional experience.
• Experience leading teams.
• Professional experience as Mechanical Engineer or equivalent R&D design experience.
• Deep understanding of electrical, high voltage, and/or battery design requirements.
• Able to work in an agile environment with cloud-based tools.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the mechanical battery design team.
• Ensure designs meet performance, safety, and cost targets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Drive consistency in design standards.
• Manage technical risks and trade-offs.

Conocimientos

Leadership skills

Proactive attitude

Expert in mechanical battery pack design

3D Experience CATIA V6

GD&T

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Fluent in English

Descripción del empleo

BOLD is committed to shaping the future of high-performance mobility from Formula 1 to aviation and marine. In our mission to deliver innovative and impactful products in the mobility sector, we are building the company whilst working with clients in exciting engineering and manufacturing challenges.

The Design Manager will lead the mechanical battery design team to deliver innovative, manufacturable and compliant solutions that meet performance, safety, and cost targets, contributing directly to BOLD’s purpose of accelerating the future of high-performance electrification.

What You Will Do

1. Leadership & Team Development

Build and develop a high-performing design team, fostering ownership, technical excellence, motivation, and a proactive mindset.

Align individual objectives with project goals and company strategy.

Provide continuous feedback, coaching, and technical support to enhance both motivation and performance.

Foster cross-functional collaboration with systems, simulation, electrical, manufacturing, procurement and quaility teams.

Drive consistency in standards across the team and lead the implementation of best practices, including guidance on CAD methodologies and tool usage (e.g., CATIA V6).

Help the team break down complex technical problems into manageable parts and support resolution when blockers arise.

Provide hands-on guidance in the use of CATIA V6 to ensure quality and efficiency in design execution.

2. Project & Technical Oversight

Ensure mechanical battery designs meet functional, regulatory and customer requirements.

Review and advice design solutions, drawing packages and documentation.

Ensure BOMs across projects are accurate, regularly updated, and shared with the appropriate stakeholders.

Support the team in Design for Manufacturing (DFM) activities and guide them through the process of technical validation with suppliers.

Manage technical risks and trade-offs across design iterations.

Support integration of new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes.

Define and monitor design KPIs and ensure milestones are met on time and within scope.

3. Collaboration & Stakeholder Communication

Represent the design team in technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders.

Align design efforts with system-level and project-level objectives.

Collaborate with Systems and TPL teams to prioritise engineering resources and resolve technical blockers, while working with Project Managers to balance workload and ensure timely and successful delivery.

Support commercial and delivery teams in pre-sales or customer project discussions.

Guide and empower designers to engage directly with suppliers when needed, fostering agility and technical autonomy.

Minimum requirements

• 8 years or more of professional experience.
• Experience leading teams.
• Expert in mechanical baterry pack design, 3D Experience CATIA V6, GD&T, DFM, high-performance materials, industry standards.
• Professional experience as Mechanical Engineer or equivalent R&D design experience with track record of bringing projects to completion (serial production).
• Deep understanding of electrical, high voltage and/or battery design requirements.
• Leadership skills and proactive attitude in a high-pressure environment to ensure the job gets done as requested.
• Able to work to a project plan and manage technical requirements vs workload to a schedule, maintain active communication in an agile environment of adherence to project plans and set targets. Leveraging on cloud base collaborative platforms such as MS Office suite and Cloud project management tools.
• Maintain an up-to-date technical awareness of the business requirements.
• Fluent in English.