We are seeking a well-rounded Senior Industrial Designer to join our Product Team reporting to the Head of Product and Cofounder. As a Senior Industrial Designer, you will lead design and research activities from market research and customer interviewing, through concept development to product launch. You will collaborate with Product Management, UI/UX Designers, Engineers and Program Managers closely to bring to life future machine iterations. You design for our brand experience: innovative, easy and delightful to use, approachable look and feel, and thoughtfully designed for all our stakeholders from office drinkers to service technicians.
If you have the desire to work for a design-led company where the vision of the product leads the way and you want to have a large impact, this could be a great role for you!
Responsibilities
Conduct user research in the field on a regular basis with our customers to build empathy, gain insights into user needs, synthesize the learnings, and translate them into design improvements.
Conduct research and stay updated on industry trends, materials, and technologies to inspire cutting-edge designs.
Conduct up front competitive analysis and customer research on form factors, features and requirements specific to concepts we are looking to develop
Lead the design of updates to our Bevi machine from concept to production.
Develop and present innovative product concepts through sketches, 3D models, prototypes, and presentations.
Collaborate with Engineers, Product Managers, UI/UX Designers and other departments.
Ability to balance delivering on brand/user experience and delivering on business needs.
Work closely with engineering teams to validate specifications with real users, and ensure designs are technically feasible.
Work closely with project management in order to estimate and hit deadlines and ensure learnings are communicated clearly
Participate in the development of product specifications and provide input on product costing and timelines.
Drive continuous improvement and innovation in design processes and product solutions
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or similar discipline.
5+ years of experience taking concepts to production
Interdisciplinary team experience, especially hardware engineering.
Self-motivated, results-oriented, driven to continuous improvement, highly organized.
Strong portfolio demonstrating a history of problem solving, good design sense, sketching ability, form development, mockup and prototyping skills, and user research techniques.
Ability to understand and create user flows and think holistically about improving experiences across various touch points.
Strong aesthetics, branding and graphic design skills.
Skills in areas of consumer/user research and analysis, personas and customer journeys, ideation and brainstorming techniques, prototyping and concept validation.
Excellent communication skills
Thrives in fast-paced startup environment
Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite and Keyshot rendering software (or equivalent)
Project management experience is a plus.
Understanding of the manufacturing process
Solidworks experience
Ability to travel or be in field 10% of the time
