Senior Analyst, Product Design

The Team You Will Be a Part Of

The Product Design team designs, validates and brings new products to market, designs, tests and integrates components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost, reliability and safety. Collaborates with internal partners to optimize designs for manufacturability. Uses CAD/CAE systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.

This Role In Summary

Currently, we are seeking a highly driven and experienced candidate for a Senior Industrial Design opening to take project ownership and join our Design Team in Whirlpool of India Ltd-Gurugram. At Whirlpool of India Ltd, people are the heart of our mission – our valued customers and dedicated employees.

Our Design team seeks to understand the changing needs of our users and to combine that knowledge with the latest in technology. You will be a core driver of the team, designing experiences that make people's homes more convenient and joyful, and in doing so, improving the lives of millions of people.

In this role, you will take full ownership of design projects from conception to commercialization.

You will lead research, ideation, 3D CAD modeling, renderings, rapid prototyping, and high-fidelity visual presentations. Working closely with a variety of process partners, you will leverage your experience to influence marketing strategies, navigate manufacturing requirements, and solve engineering constraints. If you're passionate about driving end-to-end product development and tick most of the boxes for this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

A comprehensive portfolio demonstrating direct, individual contributions to projects is required—specifically highlighting full products you have successfully developed and launched that are currently in the market.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• End-to-End Ownership: Take full responsibility for industrial design projects, leading the design process from initial user research and vision to final execution and market launch.
• Project Leadership: Lead project workflows and collaborate deeply with Business partners, Engineering, and Marketing teams to align on product roadmaps and ensure the design intent is maintained through to manufacturing.
• Market-Ready Innovation: Create and promote category visions, advanced development, innovation programs, and go-to-market programs, ensuring products successfully transition from concept to the consumer's home.
• Design DNA & Architecture: Define and uphold Whirlpool's physical design DNA and platform architecture, ensuring brand consistency, form harmony, and visual premiumness across diverse categories.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Lead collaborations with design team and external stakeholders.
• Asset Creation & Prototyping: Create high-quality assets ranging from conceptual sketches and CAD models to physical prototypes and animations. Lead rapid prototyping efforts targeting the right fidelity at the right time.
• Strategic Storytelling: Build professional, impactful presentations and leverage strategic storytelling to effectively communicate design concepts and project milestones to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Process Optimization: Champion ID processes and develop design systems that guarantee a consistent application. Work in tandem with other designers to enable an efficient iterative design process that strives to lead the industry's product portfolio.
• Business Alignment: Understand business goals, making them meaningful and actionable for the project team while advocating strongly for the voice of the customer.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Industrial Design, Product Design, or Automobile Design.
• 5 to 10 years of proven expertise in industrial design practice, planning, and executing product development.
• Proven Market Success: A strong track record of having developed full products that have successfully launched and are currently available in the market.
• Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience in leading projects, scoping product and service projects strategically, and managing complex product decisions.
• Strong Design / User Research / visual design skills required, including the use of a diverse set of tools (e.g., Rhino, Solidworks, Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite, Generative AI tools).
• Strong project management and planning skills with a deep understanding of full product development and manufacturing processes.
• Seasoned design expertise with deep insight into the newest methods, trends, and design operations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate communication across different disciplines and align the organization.
• Strong decision-making abilities, self-motivation, and the ability to negotiate and adapt design intent practically through the engineering and manufacturing phases.
• Passion to challenge the status quo, find new solutions, and drive out-of-the-box ideas – an experimental mindset that embraces change and drives innovation.
  
  

Preferred Skills And Experiences

• Strong decision-making abilities, self-motivation, and the ability to negotiate and adapt design intent practically through the engineering and manufacturing phases.
• Passion to challenge the status quo, find new solutions, and drive out-of-the-box ideas – an experimental mindset that embraces change and drives innovation.
  
  

What We Offer

Whirlpool has big plans for the future, just like you. We understand that it takes preparation and hard work to get there. So, we offer great teams and tools to build your capability.

In our performance-based setting, you can take your career in exciting new directions - and as far as you want to go.