Mounting System 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 Mounting Systems (Bumpers – Exterior Trim) team, part of the Body Exterior Department of the Italian site of Italdesign.

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

Responsibilities

• Coordination of a work team involved in the development of Bumpers – Exterior Trim systems within vehicle development projects.
• Control and monitoring of timing, costs and quality of development activities.
• Management of the work team and coordination with component and system suppliers.
• Technical interface and management of customer-related topics within the scope of responsibility.
• Achievement of project technical objectives relevant to the assigned development perimeter.
• Management of escalation activities related to critical technical issues, including definition and proposal of solutions.
• Coordination and alignment with other involved internal departments.
• Promotion and representation of the Organizational Unit’s technical activities within the company and towards Group Brands

Key requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in the automotive sector.
• Knowledge of Mounting System components, including bumpers, front-end, exterior trim and mouldings, underbody parts, fuel filler etc. (guidelines, best practices, costs and timing).
• Knowledge of production technologies and tooling lead times (plastic molding, foam molding, composites, welding, surface treatments).
• Knowledge of materials technologies and material characteristics.
• Ability to translate technical requirements and targets into economic constraints and to convert geometric constraints into feasible process solutions.
• Knowledge of physical phenomena affecting component performance and of the relevant points of attention to be monitored. 1
• Experience with development and design processes (design review, robust design, FMEA).
• Ability to organize and coordinate teamwork according to project needs.
• Problem solving capability, synthesis skills, priority management and ability to handle critical situations.
• Ability to act as an interface between own team and other involved teams.
• Experience in supplier management at component and system level.
• Decision making capability and leadership in technical contexts.
• Ability to work on multiple topics while ensuring compliance with quality requirements and project timing. Negotiation skills.

Preferential requirements

• Technical drawing and CAD modeling (CAD processes, basic knowledge of CATIA V5 or NX-Unigraphics and data release systems).
• Knowledge of OEM quality standards, processes and development dynamics.
• Knowledge of legislative, homologation and rating constraints.
• Knowledge of component verification methods and procedures (e.g. testing specifications).
• Ability to transfer technical methodology and know‑how within the project team and across department teams.

Education: Technical high school diploma (Diploma in technical subjects).

Language skills: Fluent knowledge of written and spoken Italian and English(Mandatory) are required. Knowledge of German would be appreciated

Workplace: Moncalieri (TO) and availability to travel

Benefit: continuous training (technical, soft and languages skills), company canteen, health insurance, car leasing program, smart working, flexible benefits, good work-life balance

Italdesign is committed to create an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer (L.903/77). We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, parental or social status.