Senior Industrial Designer
Plaud
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Execute industrial design concepts for new products, focusing on the realization of approved design directions, including form, proportion, and overall appearance.
- Create and refine high-quality 3D models and surfaces using industrial design tools, ensuring designs are accurate, manufacturable, and ready for engineering handoff.
- Develop clear design compositions, layouts, and visual representations (sketches, renderings, exploded views) to effectively communicate design intent.
- Collaborate closely with mechanical and hardware engineers to translate design concepts into production-ready solutions, addressing feasibility, tolerance, and structural constraints.
- Support prototyping and sample evaluation by reviewing physical models and providing design refinements based on feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Industrial Design, Product Design, Art Design, or related fields.
- Over 5 years of experience in industrial design, with successful hardware product design cases.
- Familiar with industrial design processes for various product types, knowledgeable about CMF processes and manufacturing workflows, with rich hands-on design experience, and keen insight into global product design trends.
- Proficient in Rhino, 3ds Max, SolidWorks, Photoshop, Illustrator, familiar with 3D printing tools and operations, and possess excellent hand-drawing skills to quickly and accurately convey design ideas and concepts.
- Passionate about design work, with strong responsibility and professionalism, attention to detail, pursuit of excellence, and strict standards for design quality.
Benefits
- Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including dental and vision, and a generous employer subsidy.
- 401(k) plan for full time employees with company matching.
- Unlimited PTO, plus 13 paid holidays.
- 12 weeks of paid time off for new parents.
- Minimum of 3x in office per week.
- New hires are equipped with their choice of new top-of-the-line laptops and workstation setups.
- Best office equipment. Annual offsites. Free office drinks and snacks.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
industrial design3D modelingdesign compositionmanufacturing workflowsCMF processesprototypingdesign refinementvisual representationtolerance analysisstructural constraints
Soft skills
attention to detailresponsibilityprofessionalismpursuit of excellencecommunicationcollaborationcreativityproblem-solvinginsightadaptability