Exterior Visibility Systems Team leader

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

Based in Moncalieri (Turin) with about 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 2026 Italdesign obtained the Top Employers Certification for the eleventh year in a row.

Italdesign is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Team Leader, who will be employed in the Exterior Mechatronic team of the Italian site. S/He will be responsible to reach the targets of the assigned field of development.

Responsibilities

The role, focused on the coordination of a work team aimed at the development of Exterior Visibility Systems within a vehicle development project, requires at least 3 years of experience in the automotive sector. S/he will take an active part in:

• Control/monitoring of timing, costs and quality of work;
• Management of the work team, product suppliers and management of collaboration with other internal department;
• Customer management;
• Achievement of the project’s technical objectives relevant to the perimeter of responsibility;
• Management of "escalation" activities relating to serious problems with a proposed solution;
• Promotion of the work of the Organizational Unit within the company and towards of the Group Brands.

Key requirements

• Knowledge of the Exterior Visibility Systems as a product as Glasses, Glassroof, Wipers, Washer systems including ADAS needs (guide line, best practices, costs and time);
• Production technologies and tooling lead time (glasses, plastic and foam molding, welding, surface treatments, linings);
• Materials technologies (material characteristics);
• Ability to transform technical contents/targets into economic constraints and geometric constraints into feasible process solutions;
• Knowledge of the physical phenomena involved in the performance and knoweledge of the points of attention to be monitored;
• Development and design techniques and processes (design review, robust design, FMEA);
• Ability to organize/motivate a teamwork depending on needs and contingent situations;
• Problem solving, ability to synthesize information, priority management, proactivity, flexibility, resilience;
• Intermediation capacity between his/her own team and the other teams involved;
• Ability to manage component and system suppliers;
• Decision making skills combined with an assertive and persuasive leadership style;
• Multitasking ability respecting the quality standards and required timelines;
• Ability to anticipate, manage critical situations and provide effective solutions;
• Negotiation skill.

Preferential requirements

• Technical drawing and modeling (CAD processes, basic knowledge of Catia 5 and data release systems);
• Quality standards, processes, dynamics typical of an OEM car manufacturer;
• Legislative/homologation/rating constraints;
• Knowledge of component verification methods and procedures (eg. testing specifications);
• Ability to disseminate and transfer methodology and know-how in his/her own project team and to the rest of the department teams.

Education: Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical or equivalent.

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

Workplace: Moncalieri (TO) and availability to travel

Compensation package

Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL)

Italian National Metalworkers’ Collective Labour Agreement.

Base Salary (RAL)

The gross annual base salary offered for this position will be no less than € 33.000.

Final Compensation

The final compensation package will be determined based on the candidate’s professional experience, competencies and qualifications, and on the applicable role level, in line with the company’s internal compensation framework. The final salary may therefore be higher than the minimum amount stated above.

Variable Compensation

Eligible employees will participate in the company’s variable compensation programmes, subject to role eligibility and the applicable company policies in force at the time of employment. Details will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Benefits

In addition to base compensation, employees may have access to a range of benefits, depending on role, including:

• Continuous professional development (technical, soft skills and language training)
• Company canteen
• Health insurance
• Car leasing programme (if applicable)
• Smart working
• Flexible benefits programme

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 the gender, ethnic, religion, sexual orientation, disability, parental status, or social origin.