BIW and Exteriors Trim Team Leader

Italdesign is an Italian design and engineering company specializing in automotive, transportation, and product development sectors.

Based in Moncalieri (Turin) with over 1,300 employees worldwide, it has been innovating and working with top car makers and emerging players for more than 57 years.

Renowned for its important role in car design, Italdesign has developed iconic vehicles and offers comprehensive services spanning exterior and interior design, prototyping, engineering, and turnkey project management. Its vertical integrated approach ensures seamless support to clients, from the first idea to homologation and series production, delivering solutions tailored to client needs.

Italdesign also develops new technologies and fosters advancements in mobility and prototyping. In recent years, it has expanded into electronic systems development, including infotainment, ADAS, high-voltage batteries, and Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs). This blend of technical expertise and creative design makes it a leader in the industry.

Since joining the Audi Group in 2010, Italdesign has grown and created innovative solutions, combining aesthetics and functionality to pioneer cutting-edge solutions that meet the market demands. In 2025 Italdesign obtained the Top Employers Certification for the tenth year in a row.

Italdesign is looking for a Team Leader to be employed in the Body in White (BIW) Department, part of the Body Exterior Department of the Italian site of Italdesign.

The role is responsible for the technical development and coordination of BIW – Exterior Trim components within vehicle development projects and for achieving the assigned technical.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development of Body in White, Ext. trim components
• Monitor timing, cost, quality
• Manage team activities
• Coordinate suppliers and internal departments
• Interface with customer on technical topics
• Ensure achievement of technical targets
• Manage critical issues / escalations
• Ensure alignment across involved teams

Key requirements

• 5 years experience in automotive development

Knowledge of:

• Body in White
• Knowledge of:
• Materials
• manufacturing technologies (stamping, milling, HPDC, plastic injection molding, surface treatment, composite)
• assembly processes (screwing, rivets, Spot resistance welding, gluing)
• GD&T;
• tooling lead time;

Ability to:

• Translate technical targets → process / economic constraints
• Manage suppliers
• Coordinate teamwork
• Handle critical situations and priorities
• Knowledge of Design processes (design review, robust design, FMEA)

Preferential requirements

Knowledge of:

• CAD and modeling (basic CATIA V5, NX / Unigraphics, data release processes)
• OEM processes and development flow
• Homologation / regulatory constraints
• Testing and validation methods
• Ability to