Engineering design services for industrial machinery and automotive OEMs
People Design supplies embedded mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to industrial machinery, automotive, and plant engineering companies across Italy and France. The tech stack is dominated by CAD (CATIA, Creo, Solidworks, NX, Inventor) and PLM (Windchill, Teamcenter) tools alongside industrial control platforms (Siemens TIA, Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff), reflecting deep domain specialization in product design and automation. Active hiring remains engineering-led (57 of 67 roles), but velocity has slowed — a sign the firm may be consolidating recent growth or facing client budget constraints.
People Design is an engineering design firm founded in 2008, headquartered in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna, Italy) with 206 professionals and coordination hubs in Bologna, Milan, and Padua. The business model places engineers and designers on-site at customer facilities across machinery, automotive, plant & steel, and agriculture sectors. Revenue and growth are driven by billable engineering hours and project scoping. The firm operates two training programs — People Lab (on-the-job technical training in Bologna covering automation, industrialization, and steel structures) and People Academy (skills development) — positioning people development as a retention and competitive lever in a talent-constrained industry.
Primary stack: CATIA, Creo, Solidworks, NX, Inventor, AutoCAD for CAD; Windchill and Teamcenter for PLM. Also uses Siemens TIA, Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff for industrial controls, and SAP for ERP.
Active work spans automated machinery design, embedded Linux software for automation, automotive mechanical design, motorcycle engine development, high-voltage electrical installations, and glass molding line design.
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