Toptal

Industrial Designer

Toptal

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AssemblyIoT

About the role

  • Lead the full industrial design process: concept sketches → CAD → prototyping → DFM → final production design.
  • Create a cohesive product identity and design language for Shade.com.
  • Work closely with hardware, materials science, and firmware engineers to ensure seamless functional integration.
  • Translate engineering constraints into elegant, user-friendly design solutions.
  • Develop and refine CMF (Color, Material, Finish) choices that elevate the product experience.
  • Build prototypes (foam models, 3D prints, engineering samples) and iterate quickly.
  • Prepare detailed design documentation for manufacturing.
  • Collaborate with global OEMs and contract manufacturers to drive DFM and production readiness.
  • Conduct usability studies, refine ergonomics, and inform product experience decisions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree is required.
  • 4–10+ years of experience designing physical hardware products (consumer electronics, IoT devices, appliances, or smart home products preferred).
  • Strong portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end design work from sketch to mass production.
  • Expertise in design tools (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Rhino, Keyshot, Adobe Suite, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of manufacturing processes (injection molding, die casting, CNC, soft goods, assembly methods, CMF).
  • Experience working with OEMs and contract manufacturers, ideally in Korea or Taiwan.
  • Ability to collaborate with engineers and convert constraints into elegant, manufacturable design.
  • Comfortable with rapid iteration, ambiguity, and shaping an early-stage product from scratch.
  • Passion for creating beautiful, high-quality, user-centric products.
  • Background in designing smart home devices, IoT products, or architectural/consumer-grade installations.
  • Familiarity with smart materials, thin films, electronics packaging, or environmental product design.
  • Experience building design systems or brand language for a first-generation product.
  • Prior startup experience or zero-to-one product launches.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
  • You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
industrial designprototypingdesign for manufacturing (DFM)color, material, finish (CMF)manufacturing processesinjection moldingdie castingCNCdesign systemsuser-centric design
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationrapid iterationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycreativityattention to detailuser experience focusleadershiptime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree