Creative Development Engineer

Feld Entertainment • Ellenton, FL

24d

About The Position

The Creative Development Engineer provides creative, technical, and operational leadership for the development of vehicles, products, branded experiences, and specialty fabrication initiatives. The role owns the process from an initial idea or creative brief through concept development, digital design, engineering coordination, prototype validation, manufacturing, and final production. It ensures solutions are visually distinctive, technically sound, safe, manufacturable, durable, and aligned with brand, client, and business requirements.

Working at the intersection of creative direction and advanced manufacturing, the role translates ambitious concepts into accurate, production-ready outcomes. It leads the use of modern development tools and processes, including 3D scanning, CAD and surface modeling, virtual-reality design reviews, rapid prototyping, 3D printing, CNC manufacturing, and computational fluid dynamics. These capabilities are used to improve design quality, chassis and component fitment, aerodynamics, consistency, production speed, and collaboration.

The Creative Development Engineer partners with executives, clients, licensing partners, designers, engineers, fabricators, and production teams to maintain alignment from early creative discussions through final delivery. The role communicates design intent, resolves technical and manufacturing constraints while preserving creative impact, and establishes repeatable digital workflows to reduce risk and shorten development timelines. It also guides and mentors multidisciplinary teams, promotes emerging technology, and fosters collaboration among artistic, engineering, and hands-on production disciplines.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in creative development, industrial design, vehicle design, product development, fabrication, or advanced manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success taking complex physical products from concept through finished product.
• Working expertise with tools such as Blender, Zbrush, Fusion 360, and 3D printing.
• Strong presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Teams.
• Strong time-management skills.
• Flexibility to adjust to changing goals and tasks.
• Ability to maintain safe business practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept development, design strategy, and execution for custom vehicles, branded assets, and products.
• Translate creative direction into production-ready designs using sketches, 3D models, renderings, and technical documentation.
• Develop presentation-quality renderings, animated 3D presentations, and prototypes for internal reviews, client approvals, and concept pitches.
• Support brand development through vehicle graphics, wraps, logos, illustration, and related visual assets when required.
• Establish and improve digital design-to-manufacturing workflows using 3D scanning, printing, and CNC.
• Mentor designers and artists while fostering clear communication between creative, engineering, and manufacturing functions.
• Identify and implement emerging technologies that reduce development time, improve accuracy, and strengthen collaboration across creative and technical teams.
• Coordinate development from concept and engineering through prototype validation, manufacturing, and final production.
• Resolve technical and manufacturing constraints while maintaining creative impact and alignment with brand, client, and business requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed