3D/Catia Expert

Luxoft; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking an experienced mechanical design engineer with expert CATIA skills to develop and optimize 3D models and assemblies for automotive electronic hardware and packaging. You will ensure proper space allocation, thermal and environmental considerations, and integration with ECUs, harnesses, and housings.

The role requires validating designs with clash and tolerance analyses, establishing design standards, and maintaining PLM/PDM data quality.

Qualifications

• Must have expert-level proficiency in CATIA or comparable CAD tools.
• Experience creating and optimizing mechanical and electromechanical designs in a 3D environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain 3D models and assemblies for components and systems (e.g., ECUs, housings, brackets, harness routing).
• Ensure correct packaging and installation within the overall product/vehicle architecture.
• Define and implement design rules and modelling standards for consistency and quality.
• Support integration of electrical and electronic components into the mechanical environment.
• Perform clash/clearance analyses and tolerance analyses.
• Enable manufacturability through design for manufacturing and serviceability.
• Maintain data quality in PLM/PDM systems (structure, versioning, release).
• Support change management (ECR/ECO) updating models and ensuring consistency across assemblies.
• Collaborate with HW design, harness design, system engineering, and manufacturing.
• Provide 3D data and documentation for simulation, validation, and supplier interfaces.

Skills

CATIA

3D modeling

Mechanical design

PLM/PDM data management

Tools

PLM/PDM systems

Job description

Project description

Automotive. German OEM. The project is responsible for cross-brand platform capabilities and foundational technologies in the field of vehicle electronics and softwar. Ensure the development of electric and electronic hardware solutions with wellbalanced performance steps, delivering with quality and with modular scalability to support the transition to platform all company brands

Responsibilities

• Expert in 3D design and digital product development using CATIA (or comparable CAD tools), responsible for creating, managing, and optimizing mechanical and electromechanical designs as well as installation concepts in a 3D environment (e.g., ECUs, harness integration, packaging).Create and maintain 3D models and assemblies for components and systems (e.g.,ECUs, housings, brackets, harness routing).
• Ensure correct packaging and installation within the overall product/vehiclearchitecture:o space allocation, collision-free design, mounting conceptso consideration of thermal, mechanical, and environmental constraints
• Define and implement design rules and modelling standards to ensure consistencyand quality.
• Support integration of electrical and electronic components (e.g., HW, harness,connectors) into the mechanical environment.
• Perform:o clash/clearance analyseso tolerance analyses (dimension chains, variability)
• Enable manufacturability:o support design for manufacturing (DFM), assembly (DFA), and serviceability
• Maintain data quality in PLM/PDM systems (structure, versioning, release).
• Support change management (ECR/ECO) by updating models and ensuringconsistency across assemblies.
• Collaborate closely with:o HW design, harness design, system engineering, and manufacturing
• Provide 3D data and documentation for:o simulation, validation, and supplier interfaces

SKILLS

Must have

• Expert-level proficiency in CATIA (or comparable CAD tools), including:o 3D modeling (parts, assemblies)o surface and solid design o kinematics and installation studies
• Strong understanding of:o mechanical design principles (materials, tolerances, fastening methods)o packaging and integration in complex systems (e.g., vehicle environment)
• Ability to:o interpret system and architectural requirements and translate them into 3D designso perform and evaluate clash, clearance, and tolerance analyses
• Knowledge of:o manufacturing processes (injection molding, machining, sheet metal, etc.) o integration of electrical/electronic components (ECUs, connectors, harness routing)
• Competence in:o data management in PLM/PDM systemso applying CAD standards, naming conventions, and release processes
• Analytical and structured problem-solving skills, especially for integration conflicts

Nice to have

Collaboration competence in cross-functional teams (mechanical, electrical, system, suppliers)