Industry Project Designer - Intelligent Mobility Design Centre
| Posting date: | 10 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Location: | Battersea, South West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Royal College of Art |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 124-25 |
Summary
Would you like to be part of a project exploring how the automotive industry can be transformed by sustainable design? A project that aims to deliver holistic, system level transitions towards zero emissions in the automotive industry.
A vacancy has arisen in the Intelligent Mobility Design Centre for a Grade 7 Project Designer. This is for an immediate start on a fixed term full-time contract ending 5 September 2027.
This postholder will make a significant contribution to the automotive sector addressing the challenges of sustainability through the production of innovative solutions from design. This post will work closely with the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator undertaking high-quality and rigorous collaborative research activities leading to robust research and design outputs.
The objective of the project is to develop circular automotive design solutions considering the quadruple bottom line of sustainability, encompassing environmental, economic, socio-ethic as well as subjective aspects of sustainability. The project explores concepts of Circular Economy, Cradle-to-Cradle, Pace Layering, Design for Disassembly and applies them to automotive design concepts. It investigates circular economy solutions for both biocycles and techno-cycles.
The ideal candidate will be Master’s educated in vehicle design with experience of 2D and 3D automotive design techniques and concept development including digital modelling, Photoshop, managing rapid prototyping, and hand sketching. You will have knowledge on sustainable automotive design, exploring circular economy, biomaterials and design for disassembly.
You are invited to upload your portfolio to your application.
Please see Information Pack for further details.
This role closes for applications at 11.59pm on 24 November 2025
Interviews are expected to take place on 9 December 2025
A vacancy has arisen in the Intelligent Mobility Design Centre for a Grade 7 Project Designer. This is for an immediate start on a fixed term full-time contract ending 5 September 2027.
This postholder will make a significant contribution to the automotive sector addressing the challenges of sustainability through the production of innovative solutions from design. This post will work closely with the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator undertaking high-quality and rigorous collaborative research activities leading to robust research and design outputs.
The objective of the project is to develop circular automotive design solutions considering the quadruple bottom line of sustainability, encompassing environmental, economic, socio-ethic as well as subjective aspects of sustainability. The project explores concepts of Circular Economy, Cradle-to-Cradle, Pace Layering, Design for Disassembly and applies them to automotive design concepts. It investigates circular economy solutions for both biocycles and techno-cycles.
The ideal candidate will be Master’s educated in vehicle design with experience of 2D and 3D automotive design techniques and concept development including digital modelling, Photoshop, managing rapid prototyping, and hand sketching. You will have knowledge on sustainable automotive design, exploring circular economy, biomaterials and design for disassembly.
You are invited to upload your portfolio to your application.
Please see Information Pack for further details.
This role closes for applications at 11.59pm on 24 November 2025
Interviews are expected to take place on 9 December 2025
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