An automotive designer, also known as a car designer or transportation designer, is a specialized industrial designer who combines artistic talent with technical knowledge to create the visual appearance of automobiles. They are involved in the entire design process, from the initial sketch to the final production model.

A Vehicle & Transportation Designer create and develop the design for different types of automobiles, vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft - such as cars, buses, trucks, two-wheeler, three-wheeler, trains, metro railway trains, monorail trains, airplanes, helicopters, drones, and even spacecraft like Mars Rover and Pragyan, the lunar lander vehicle for India's Chandrayan 2 mission.