CAD Engineer

Division: BENTELER Automotive 
Functional Area: Technical Development 
Career Level: Professional 
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time 
Weekly Working Hours: 40,00 
Required Languages: English 
Requisition ID: 45788 

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

We are looking for a highly skilled CAD Engineer to join our team and contribute to innovative automotive design projects. This role requires expertise in CAD modeling, design optimization, and collaboration across multiple departments to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet cost, timing, and technical requirements.

Core Responsibilities

• Conduct design tasks while considering defined costs and deadlines.
• Support value analysis and develop concepts for cost reductions.
• Gather and manage design-relevant information from internal departments, customers, and suppliers.
• Create surface and solid models based on internal and external requirements, ensuring quality of 3D models and drawings.
• Provide illustrations and drawings according to standards and coordinate with internal/external teams.
• Act as package responsible, perform package checks, and document results.
• Document design revisions in CAD reports and maintain CAD data structure in PLM systems within project timelines.
• Support feasibility studies and participate in D-FMEA reviews.
• Inspect external design results for data structure and model quality.
• Prepare design-relevant specifications.
• Support prototype build phases and apply lessons learned to optimize CAD models.
• Conduct exchange and transformation of CAD data.
• Assist in developing design guidelines and technical standards.
• Provide on-site CAD support at customer locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in CAD design within the automotive industry (Tier-One experience preferred).
• Proficiency in CATIA V5, NX, or similar CAD software.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T, PLM systems, and automotive packaging requirements.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with D-FMEA processes.
• Familiarity with prototype build phases and design optimization.
• Ability to manage complex CAD data structures and ensure compliance with standards.

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The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with more than 20,000 employees at around 90 locations worldwide.

The same is true in our BENTELER Automotive division. This is where intelligent solutions for the automotive world are born—and where we, as a partner, provide answers on central topics like safety, the environment, and efficiency to nearly every major automotive manufacturer. Whether it's the body, the chassis, or the engine, we’re constantly setting new standards with the products, materials, and technologies we develop and produce. Inventiveness that makes sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!