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Manager, Interior Digital Sculpting

Careers Jaguar Land Rover

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Careers Jaguar Land Rover

Full Job Description

Responsible for the delivery of digital geometry for Design driven Surfaces for Interior design within the JLR design process.

Work within the PCDS V4 process to ensure that release deliverables are met against the required standards acceptable for engineering whilst maintaining design integrity

Responsible for the delivery of digital geometry for multiple Interior themes and initial speed foam models

Responsible for all Design Surface Show car Interior Digital Model Build including trimmed components, moving components and all grey zones

Responsible for all Design Surface Materiality Interior Data for physical hard model builds

Ensure the effective use of resource across multiple Interior Design themes in the early Design Process

Ensure there is a culture of Modern Luxury within the team focusing on world class Digital Design solutions

Support Design Strategy exploring multiple themes in multiple platforms to allow for strategic packaging decisions

Support Design Strategy with fast paced conceptual digital sculpting, driving design decisions working in both Sub-D and NURBs for agility.

Responsible for the delivery of exploration seat development. Working with design/internal trim shop/outside suppliers deliver multiple design themes for seats in the most effective agile way

Deliver digital geometry for virtual content, both screen based and VR to support ad hoc senior design reviews, board level design reviews and clinics

As custodian of inward facing surface data, facilitate a fast-paced release process, keeping it within the internal and external audit rule base and storing electronically all changes whilst still enabling data structure for outward facing customers to efficiently interface with our PLM system.

Deliver digital geometry to create full size clay representations of data, supporting theme selection and engineering development

Support Materiality/Colour and Materials with geometry production for prototyping, development purposes, paint mules, paint forms and sculptures for Exhibitions

Delivering digital geometry to support the production of 3D Printed and RPT components ensuring components are all stackable in the most cost-effective way, along with ensuring all 3D prints have pockets built into the geometry ready for the physical modelling teams

Ensuring consistency in digital geometric execution across all vehicle variants and brands

Facilitating collaborative Surface, Design and Feasibility reviews with all stakeholders to ensure timely development and maturation of production geometry

Facilitating collaborative model build reviews with all stakeholders to ensure timely development and maturation of physical properties.

Manage solutions for delivering digital geometry of all cross car-line components (Seats/Steering Wheels/Switch-packs/HDLF)

Proactively contribute with solutions to challenges (creative, technical or otherwise) that facilitates the delivery of the design intent

Ensuring technical inputs from different sources across the business are reflected on the Design visible A-Surfaces released for business gateways, such as manufacturing feasibility, ergonomics, perceived quality, legal compliance, UX Interface, packaging, etc

Proactively contribute with solutions to challenges (creative, technical, timing or otherwise) that facilitates the delivery of the design intent and that the geometry reflects the highest level of geometric quality required for the different programme gateways.

Ensuring collaborative working and regular iterative sharing of geometry with customer teams to aid the effective design development

Contribute to any internal and external lessons learned from past programmes including generation and implementation of process improvements

Continuingly refine digital pipeline to keep pace with technological developments to ensure maximum efficiency

Work closely with software partners to continually develop and test tools to aid more efficient and agile design development

Develop our industry leading Graduate Digital Sculpting program

Develop our industry leading Undergraduate Digital Sculpting program

Liaise with HR/Suppliers defining roles and responsibilities for the Team/new hires, growth and development

Surface Release

Surface Transfer

Surface Quality

Speed of Data generation

Design Data Reviews

Data Presentations

Training and Development (Future Skills)

Retention

Customer Satisfaction

Zero Harm

Creators Code Behaviours

Pulse

Interior Design, Studio Technical

Design Programme Management

Materiality

Physical Modelling

Clay Modelling

Interior Design Quality

Design Visualisation Animation

Exterior Digital Modelling

Design Model Operations

Interior Surfacing

Manufacturing

Crafted Quality

Suppliers

HR and Recruitment

Expert Digital modelling knowledge in multiple 3D solutions (NURBs, Polygonal Modelling or Parametric modelling) to produce digital geometry in company's nominated software solutions (ie.: Autodesk Alias, Dassault ICEM Surf, etc)

Great organisational and problem-solving skills

Strong understanding of Product Creation & Delivery System and ability to manage timing and resource

Ability to manage multiple teams and programmes and themes in parallel also accounting for commonality and reuse

Strong understanding of physical model building in both clay, hard and virtual.

Great communication skills and ability to present confidently and honestly at all levels including to Design and Engineering Directors, Vehicle Line Directors and Chief Programme Engineers. up to enterprise and board level.

Great people management skills. In leading diverse teams.

Proven experience of aesthetic and technical judgement of surfaces and surfacing requirements

Proven ability to interpret design intent

Good knowledge of requirements of all customer teams in delivering high quality surfaces for virtual and physical releases

Strong market / business acumen for Exteriors and an Agile mindset

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

JLR is a House of Brands. Range Rover. Defender. Discovery. Jaguar. Truly distinct, global brands that embrace our modernist design philosophy and are emotionally compelling and unique. JLR's Reimagine strategy - to realise our vision to be proud creators of the most desirable, modern luxury brands, for the most discerning of clients - is delivering a sustainability-rich vision of modern luxury by design and we are transforming our business to become carbon net zero across our supply chain, products, and operations by 2039., At JLR, we are passionate about our people. They are at the heart of our business. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive culture that is representative of our global customers and the society in which we live; a culture in which every one of our employees can bring their authentic self to work and reach their full potential.