Manufacturing CAD Designer

Horsepower Automotive Group; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Employee discount

Employee referral program

Job summary

Horsepower Automotive Group, based in Chandler, AZ, is seeking a CAD Designer to turn bold ideas into manufacturable reality for high-performance off-road vehicles. You’ll create SolidWorks models, build complex sheet metal assemblies, and process 3D scans to drive new product development.

You’ll collaborate with prototype engineering to move parts from screen to production, ensuring accuracy and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Strong SolidWorks skills and ability to design sheet metal and tubular parts.
• At least 1 year of experience designing automotive or aerospace products.
• Experience with tooling and fixtures and bringing a 3D model into physical reality.
• Ability to read, interpret, and produce measured drawings.
• Self-motivated, team-focused, and able to thrive in a fast-paced shop.

Responsibilities

• Create CAD models in SolidWorks daily—from templates, parts, or original designs.
• Build complex 3D sheet metal and tubular assemblies for manufacturing.
• Process 3D scans and create scanned mesh models to drive new product development.
• Collaborate with prototype engineering to move products into production.
• Implement revisions and translate open instructions into manufacturable parts.

Skills

SolidWorks

Automotive design experience

Tools

Sheet metal design

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

Horsepower Automotive Group (HPAG), is a leader in the growing automotive aftermarket industry. When you join HPAG, you’ll have a unique opportunity to be a part of our exciting and rapidly growing, multi-brand organization. Our brands include Addictive Desert Designs, DV8 Offroad, Flatline Van Co., and Rago Fabrication. We support a collaborative environment and value open participation from individuals with different ideas, experiences, and perspectives. Are you ready to be part of our future? Ever stared at a Raptor, Bronco, or Ram TRX and thought, “I could make that look even better”? So do we — every single day. HPAG builds premium, made-in-America bumpers and accessories that flow with a vehicle’s bodylines, deliver aggressive styling, and keep every OEM function intact. From the Bronco Bomber to the Raptor Stealth Fighter, our products live on some of the toughest trucks on the trail — and it all starts in CAD. We’re looking for a CAD Designer to turn bold ideas into manufacturable reality at our Chandler, Arizona facility.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• You’ll own the R&D design process end-to-end — creating, refining, and improving products built for the off-road community.
• Your designs won’t sit on a shelf. They get laser-cut, bent, welded, and bolted onto real trucks.
• You’ll work hands-on with a prototype engineering team that takes parts from screen to physical reality.
• Made in the USA, built for the elite — you’ll be part of a team obsessed with the details that matter.

What You’ll Do

• Create CAD models in SolidWorks daily — from templates, physical parts, or your own designs.
• Build complex 3D sheet metal and tubular assemblies ready for manufacturing.
• Process 3D scans and create scanned mesh models of vehicle data to drive new product development.
• Partner with the prototype engineering team to move new products into automation and production.
• Take open instructions on part and assembly revisions and run with them.

What You Bring – Position Requirements

• Strong SolidWorks skills — you can manage complex assemblies and create sheet metal and tubular parts with confidence.
• 1 year- Experience designing similar automotive or aerospace products
• Experience with tooling and fixtures, and the know-how to bring a 3D model into physical reality.
• Working knowledge of machine work and processes for final parts.
• Experience collaborating with an engineering team and producing accurate, measured drawings.
• A creative mindset paired with the discipline to translate ideas into clean, manufacturable assemblies.
• Self-motivated and assertive, comfortable in a fast-paced shop where priorities shift quickly.
• A team-first attitude — you put the success of the team above your own interests.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently.

Pay & Benefits

• Starting at $27.00 per hour with advancement depending on experience
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Employee discount on the gear you’ll help create.
• Employee referral program.

Schedule & Location

• Full-time, 8-hour day shift, Monday through Friday.
• On-site at our Chandler, AZ facility.

A Few Things to Know

We are a drug-free workplace. All applicants must be able to pass a background check and drug test.

It is the policy of Addictive Desert Designs, and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.), or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.