Staff Industrial Designer
On-siteConcord, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Lead industrial design subject matter expert across four UCC platforms, establishing design standards and a cohesive design language. Plan and conduct generative user research to synthesize insights from observation, interviews, and usability feedback. Translate user needs into product form through sketching, rendering, and prototyping while collaborating with Human Factors Engineering and mechanical engineering to ensure designs are manufacturable. Partner with cross-functional teams to embed industrial design best practices from early-stage innovation through new product development. This role bridges aesthetics, ergonomics, usability, and engineering feasibility to deliver intuitive, differentiated, and manufacturable products.
Required Qualifications
- BS Industrial Design, Product Design, or closely related engineering discipline
- 8+ years of professional industrial design experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and drive design decisions with minimal oversight
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to influence without authority across multiple business units
- Strong hand-sketching and visual communication skills
- Proficiency in 3-D CAD Modeling [ie SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Creo]
- Proficiency in visualization/rendering software (ie KeyShot)
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (ie Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Hands-on prototyping experience (3D printing, foam/clay modeling, soft goods mockups)
- minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week
- fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in consumer products
- Experience integrated sensors, wearables, or smart clothing
- Experience with user research methods (contextual inquiry, ethnography, usability testing)
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes: injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, over-molding, mechanical assembly
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