Senior Industrial Designer

REPORTING TO: Team Lead - Industrial Design

TYPE OF ROLE: Individual Contrubutor

LOCATION: Mapape, Navi Mumbai

BU / DIVISION : Research & Development

JOB PURPOSE

Creating innovative and visually appealing home appliances that enhance everyday living. This role requires a strong foundation in design principles, creativity, and an eye for detail.

As a Senior Industrial Designer, you will lead design projects from concept to production with a strong focus on Design IPR creation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design Execution: Create detailed sketches, renderings, and 3D models to visualize design concepts, and develop high quality prototypes to test and refine designs.
• Innovation: Identifying opportunities for new and innovative product design and improvements to existing products, ensuring designs are user centric, aligning with brand design guidelines and ergonomically superior.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure designs are feasible and meet project requirements.
• Communicate effectively with team members, suppliers, and other stakeholders throughout the design process.
• Customer Intimacy: Conduct market research and stay UpToDate with industry trends, consumer preferences, and technological advancements to inform design decisions.
• Material and Process understanding: Good understanding of materials and manufacturing processes to achieve design intent, cost efficiency, and sustainability goals.
• Maintain awareness of current design trends, materials, and technologies in the home appliance industry and document.
• NPD process: Understand each milestones deliverables and make sure the requirements are met
• Design Documentation: Creating detailed design specifications and technical drawings for manufacturing, along with maintaining and recording the entire design process for New Product Development (NPD) and Design Registration.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

B.Des/M.Des in Industrial/Product /Automotive Design, or an equivalent field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 5-10 years of professional experience in industrial design, with a significant focus on home appliances/lifestyle/lighting/automotive domain
• A robust portfolio demonstrating your design process, creativity, and successful products in the home appliance or similar sector.

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE

• Industrial Design team
• ED/AD/COE/Marketing

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Conceptual Design & Ideation
• 3D Modeling & CAD
• Form, Ergonomics & Aesthetics
• Color, Material & Finish (CMF)
• Prototyping & Visualization
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM/DFA)
• Brand & Trend Awareness
• User Experience (UX) & Human Factors
• Communication & Presentation
• Project & Cross-functional Collaboration
• Mentoring & Leadership
• Innovation & Strategic Thinking