Sensata Technologies Holding N.V., a global industrial technology company, is a leader in the development, manufacture and sale of sensors and controls. It produces a wide range of customized, innovative sensors and controls for mission critical applications such as thermal circuit breakers in aircraft, pressure sensors in automotive systems, and bimetal current and temperature control devices in electric motors. Business centers and manufacturing sites in twelve countries are involved in the engineering process for over 50 OEMs all over the world. Providing that the engineered data is delivered to the recipient in the right format, quality and time is crucial in the collaboration between Sensata and its customer. As the numbers of partners and CAD systems (which differ by releases) expand the complexity exponentially, a direct transfer and translation service resembles a big challenge for Sensata's IT. Not to mention that know-how protection is becoming increasingly important and is usually a part of the exchange process. Sensata has tackled the challenge by establishing a focal point of data exchange and translation (including a knowledge protection process), which can be controlled in an easy way to ensure that the compliance of Sensata is kept. The OpenDESC.com service, utilized by Sensata as the focal point of data exchange and translation, is capable of sending data to all Sensata partners, ensuring the desired translation and knowledge protection settings and standards are set to the newest releases. By this Sensata is independent from the standards and tools their partners use. Therefore a partner's transition to JT or other formats does not affect the engineering process at Sensata, which leads to large efficiency and quality gains and cost savings. This paper describes the requirements in the engineering collaboration of mechatronic product development and implemented solution.