Automotive designer vs research and development engineer

Differences between automotive designer and research and development engineer duties and responsibilities

Automotive designer example responsibilities.

• Manage documentation of existing projects, perform ECN resolutions.
• Design of brackets and torsion bar components are validated using FEA inSolidworks.
• Designate as group training mentor during transition from CADAM to Unigraphics V9.
• Complete several fully fillet and draft angle solid models on Unigraphics for direct manufacturing.
• Perform mechanical engineering design for facilities including calculate building HVAC requirements to ensure adequate capacity of system air flow.
• Release drawings and BOMs in PDM/Link Windchill.
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Research and development engineer example responsibilities.

• Manage, design, and assist in development of product family reusable code libraries, visualization and GUI components.
• Manage test suite jobs for the team creating configurations and building binaries for C++ code using Jenkins and bash shell.
• Charge with managing a range of key operational functions in support of 3D visualization studio with $1.3M in annual contracts.
• Lead a team of software QA test engineers in the prioritization and assignment of tasks and the solving of technical problems.
• Manage quality issues during development/production and ensure ISO compliance.
• Manage and maintain production equipment, including conformance to ISO calibration requirements.
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