Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an automotive designer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an automotive designer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Automotive designers create model designs in 2D or 3D and prepare isometric drawings and graphics. They work closely with computer hardware engineers to develop hardware designs for the next generation of automotive applications including advanced driver-assistance and vehicle-to-everything systems. They re-evaluate vehicle design, materials and manufacturing technologies, anticipating changes to vehicle architecture and power management, vehicle features and seating functionality and safety.

Also known as automotive design specialist, automotive design expert, auto designer, 3D automobile designer, automotive digital designer, 2D automobile designer, 3D car designer, truck designer, automotive modeller, 2D truck designer, motor vehicle clay model design expert, automobile stylist.

Professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: automotive engineering drafter, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
automotive engineering drafter 57% covered rolling stock engineering dra… 51% covered material stress analyst 49% covered product development engineeri… 48% covered aerospace engineering drafter 48% covered automotive designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from automotive designer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an automotive designer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An automotive designer needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advanced materials natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • vehicle manufacturing process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • green automotive technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • aesthetics arts and humanities
  • draw design sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • mechanics of motor vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use CAM software working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an automotive designer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Automotive designer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an automotive designer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.