Industrial Designer
Lead industrial design for hardware products used by autonomous systems engineers. Create concepts, physical prototypes, and production-ready designs with strong focus on human factors and technical constraints.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop design themes for hardware concepts from sketch, prototype, to production
- Build and iterate physical prototypes to inform product architecture with human factors in mind
- Work quickly to ship new features in 5 week release cycles
- Create and communicate design intent through sketches, CAD, prototypes, CMF strategy and design documentation
- Collaborate closely with PM, Eng, and BD for highly technical and complex engineering challenges
Requirements
- 6+ years of Industrial design experience
- Prototyped and developed hardware for software in fast-paced, technical environments
- Keen sense of human factors
- Ability to take complex engineering constraints and make user-friendly and intuitive designs
- Strong ability to hit the ground running with incomplete feature scopes and fragmented information
- Bachelors in Human-Computer Interaction, or related design field
Nice to Have
- Prior startup experience
- Prior Robotics, Drone, or related experience
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: $150,000 - $200,000 USD annually
- Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off
Skills
Industrial Design, CAD, Prototyping, Human Factors, Cmf Strategy, Hardware Design, Sketching, Product Architecture
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