Senior Design Sculptor – Digital Lead

General Motors•Warren, MI

22h

About The Position

This role involves collaborating with a team to execute digital models that meet time and quality requirements for assigned programs. The Senior Design Sculptor will take ownership of safety concerns and ensure their resolution, create high-quality aesthetic surfaces for digital models throughout the Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP), and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. The position supports surface releases that meet Design approval, production engineering, PQ input, and data release requirements. The role also involves following and contributing to the development of common GM Global Design processes and best practices, fostering collaboration, facilitating WSR and DSR meetings, tracking and escalating issues, encouraging the use of data sharing systems, adhering to common GM Global Design processes, and attending relevant program-related meetings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field of study
Ten (10) years of experience as a Digital Sculptor, Digital Design Manager, Industrial Design Engineer, or related role.
Ten (10) years of experience with determining timing requirements for GVDP model execution.
Ten (10) years of experience with NX/Alias software.
Ten (10) years of experience with Automotive production and manufacturing processes.
Ten (10) years of experience with Die pull, Draft, Graining, Parting Line Gap, Flush, and Formability requirements.
Ten (10) years of experience with Vehicle packaging and integration requirements.
Ten (10) years of experience leading creative teams on a minimum of 3-5 assignments for smaller scope programs starting pre-PFI.
Ten (10) years of experience creating and refining digital automotive component models in collaboration with engineers and designers.
Ten (10) years of experience utilizing local digital math surfacing, virtual reality design, and digital modeling capabilities.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the team to execute digital models that meet time and quality requirements for assigned programs.
Take ownership of safety concerns and ensure their resolution.
Create high-quality aesthetic surfaces for digital models throughout the Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP).
Hold yourself and others accountable for delivering measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.
Support surface releases that meet Design approval, production engineering, PQ input, and data release requirements.
Follow and contribute to the development of common GM Global Design processes and best practices.
Foster collaboration opportunities to achieve goals.
Facilitate WSR and DSR meetings.
Track and escalate sculpting, engineering, and design issues.
Encourage team usage of Teamcenter and SharePoint, or similar corporate data sharing systems.
Adhere to common GM Global Design processes.
Attend relevant program-related meetings as defined by the Sculpting Group Manager.