Biw Design Engineer

Alten; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Alten in Chennai is seeking an experienced BIW design engineer to craft complex upper body structures using CATIA, including pillars, roof bows, header rails, and panels. You will develop and maintain packaging spaces, and assess interfaces with interior trim, airbags, and glass.

You will review tooling feasibility for stamping and joining, optimize designs for crash safety, and collaborate with styling and CAE teams to implement reinforcement modifications, applying GD&T for assembly

Responsibilities

• Experience in designing complex BIW upper body structures using CATIA, including A/B/C/D pillars, roof bows, header rails, and roof panels, using advanced surface and solid modeling.
• Develop and maintain master sections to define packaging space, interfaces, and clearance with interior trim, airbags, and glass.
• Perform tooling feasibility reviews for sheet metal stamping, deep drawing, and joining technologies (spot welding, structural adhesives, laser brazing).
• Optimize designs to meet global crash and safety requirements.
• Experience in styling studio to resolve geometric conflicts and work with CAE teams to implement structural reinforcement modifications.
• Applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles and perform tolerance stack‑up analysis to ensure proper vehicle assembly.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Experience in designing complex BIW upper body structures using CATIA, including A/B/C/D pillars, roof bows, header rails, and roof panels, using advanced surface and solid modeling.
• Develop and maintain master sections to define packaging space, interfaces, and clearance with interior trim, airbags, and glass.
• Perform tooling feasibility reviews for sheet metal stamping, deep drawing, and joining technologies (spot welding, structural adhesives, laser brazing).
• Optimize designs to meet global crash and safety requirements.
• Experience in styling studio to resolve geometric conflicts and work with CAE teams to implement structural reinforcement modifications.
• Applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles and perform tolerance stack‑up analysis to ensure proper vehicle assembly.