Senior Technical Designer (m/f/d)

Position

Welcome to RIMOWA, the first German Maison of the LVMH Group. We are a global lifestyle brand with a mission to create the essential tools for a lifetime of travel. For more than 125 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to develop unique products where function coexists with luxury, heritage with innovation, and craftsmanship with design.

At RIMOWA we believe that great ambitions demand resilient companions. It’s why our tools are created with longevity in mind. Because the most meaningful journeys last more than a trip, they last a lifetime. Please join us to discover your own.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Designer (m/f/d) for our Research & Development team at our Head Office in Cologne as soon as possible. In this role you support on the design and the development of all the future RIMOWA products.

The senior technical designer manages the project for major materials and components development: style, technical design, cost, homologation, project schedule and budget management. Job ResponsibilitiesYOUR TASKS: Designing products architectures proposals in partnership with the project managers

Creation and validation of the component definition files and design justification files

Definition of the components development schedule and budget in compliance with project objectives

Management of the Request For Proposal process with Purchasing and suppliers

Realization of the Make or Buy study with Purchasing and Engineering teams

Management with Quality of the homologation process for materials and components

Management of the task forces for problem solving with departments and suppliers involved

Component project communication monitoring with Project manager, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and suppliers

ProfileYOUR PROFILE: Engineering Degree in conjunction with at least 10 years’ experience in mechanical design

Experience in consumer goods technical design: automotive, travel, sports, electronic devices

Expertise required in major plastic and metal transformation