Design Engineer
• Design and test after-market automotive accessories for high-performance vehicles.• Focus on satisfying the aesthetics of a niche consumer culture while producing innovative designs which stand out in the marketplace.• Design new exhaust paths to enhance the sound and performance of vehicles.• Design sheet metal parts to be cut and assembled into fixtures for the welding of after-market exhausts.• Work closely with on-site manufacturers to support and improve the manufacturing process.• Create sheet metal brackets and parts which conform to bendability guidelines from off-site manufacturers.• 3D print prototype parts for initial on-site testing.• Interface with manufacturers overseas for cost analysis and to prototype new products.• 3D scan incoming vehicles and parts and extract location and shape data usable as Solidworks references.• Acquire useful data from incoming vehicles with foresight and speed in the window the vehicles are available on-site, often with only a few days to predict what will be needed to design new products in the future.