Automotive Design Project Lead – BIW & Tooling

HIROTEC AMERICA; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

Disability & basic life insurance

HSA & FSA options

Education assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Job summary

HIROTEC AMERICA, Inc. is seeking a Design Project Manager to lead automotive Body In White tooling projects and coordinate with customers from proposal through execution. The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and deep CAD/blueprint expertise.

The successful candidate will manage timelines, budgets, and resource allocation while ensuring effective communication with customers and internal teams to deliver high-quality designs on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or minimum ten years design experience specializing in automotive Body In White processing and tooling.
• Knowledge in blueprint reading, manual design and CAD design on several systems (UG, AutoCAD, IDEAS, CATIA).
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Strong knowledge of the Automotive Industry (closures/BIW - OEM preferred).
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Products).
• Technical aptitude with problem solving skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, and must possess strong organizational skills, teamwork and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Review project proposals to determine time frames, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, and allotment of available resources to various phases of projects.
• Provide direct customer contact and attend design review meetings with customers.
• Explain technical expertise for overall project management of the design.
• Outline, manage and maintain work plans to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and work to resolve problems regarding design.
• Maintain project timeline and budget.
• Maintain Job Log on tooling changes and documentation of changes made by the customer on project.
• Attend and document all Standard Component Buy-Offs.

Job description

HIROTEC AMERICA, Inc. is seeking a Design Project Manager to lead automotive Body In White tooling projects and coordinate with customers from proposal through execution. The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and deep CAD/blueprint expertise.

The successful candidate will manage timelines, budgets, and resource allocation while ensuring effective communication with customers and internal teams to deliver high-quality designs on time.