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Two St. Clair College graduates from the Automotive Product Design program are on their way to Stuttgart, Germany to start jobs as 3D designers. Paul Paterson and Luigi Zanettin were floored when they got the email telling them that they had been hired on one year contracts to work for Gotech, an automotive design company that has clients including Porsche and Audi.
“We met with the owners of the German company about six weeks ago,” says Paterson. “They were here touring the College and were impressed that we were learning Catia, a specialized 3D software program that is used extensively in the automotive design industry.”
According to Gotech, St. Clair College was the only college they have found outside of Germany teaching Catia in its Automotive Product Design program.
Gotech has a cooperative working relationship with a new start up company in Windsor called MPO Design & Development Corporation, and Managing Director Bruce Thorpe called the students for an interview not long after the German company left Windsor.
“Through a joint government program between Canada and Germany called Youth Mobility Program, Gotech had the opportunity to hire internationally to fill the needs they have for up and coming designers,” says Thorpe. “Both Paul and Luigi were very motivated and displayed a keen interest to work hard and learn new concepts. The fact that they had Catia training was a definite advantage for them.”
The graduates will be leaving for Germany in the middle of May, however, Zanettin is working in a holiday to Italy before he starts with Gotech. “Things are happening so quickly but I can’t imagine having it any other way,” says Zanettin. “The College was a great place to get this kind of training and I’m thrilled that we had the skills Gotech was looking for. The experience will be amazing.”
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