What are Design Jobs?

Design jobs in Motorsport are usually office based and are responsible for designing every aspect of the car and the parts, engines, and bodywork. Design Engineers in motorsport will study, research, and develop ideas for new car parts, they will also modify existing products or processes to increase efficiency or improve performance.

What are examples of Design job titles?

Every part and aspect of a car needs to be designed, so think of any part of a car and there will be a design job available. Some examples will be Design Engineer, CAD Engineer, Composite Designer and Surface Designer Engineer, Harness Design Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Powertrain Design Engineer, Suspension Design Engineer, Hardware Design Engineer, Systems Design Engineer, and Mechanical Design Engineer.

What tasks and responsibilities do roles in Design have?

Most of the time Design Engineers will be using various types of CAD software such as Ansys, Autodesk, Solidworks, Rhino, Creo Parametric, Alias and Catia to design and develop 2D and 3D models necessary in product engineering.

There will be lots of data analysis, looking at prototypes and existing products finding ways to improve designs and solving problems, Work is mostly office based.

What qualifications do you need to work in Design?

The best route into Design would be to secure a bachelor’s degree, however, an HND might be sufficient. The most important thing is to have exceptional computer skills, or at least be able to learn different platforms and software programmes quicky and efficiently.

Having a natural flair for design and being a creative person will go a long way to allowing you to adapt and develop your skills.