Advisory Industrial Designer

About the role

The Lenovo Design Innovation Team is creating a new generation of AI Ambient devices—products that move beyond traditional screens and interact through presence, context, intelligence, and behavior. We are looking for a designer who can help define how AI lives in the physical world.

Responsibilities

• Define the industrial design vision and ecosystem language for AI Ambient products across home and personal environments
• Shape how AI is physically expressed through form, CMF, and spatial interaction
• Collaborate closely with UX, AI, software, and hardware teams to build cohesive AI-native experiences
• Collaborate on screen/screenless interaction models that combine physical, visual, spatial, and behavioral feedback
• Translate emerging AI behaviors into intuitive and emotionally resonant physical interactions
• Help establish future-facing design principles for ambient AI devices

Requirements

• Strong industrial design portfolio demonstrating both visionary thinking and shipped products
• Ability to think at ecosystem and experience level—not only individual products
• Strong sensitivity to form, proportion, CMF, and physical interaction
• Strong visualization and prototyping skills including 3D CAD, rendering, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with tools such as Figma or interaction prototyping workflows
• Understanding of how hardware, software, and AI behaviors connect into a unified user experience
• Experience leading design direction across cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to align teams and build relationships across functions and organizations
• Experience leading products from concept through engineering development and mass production
• Strong storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex technology into compelling user-centered visions

Qualifications

• Nice-to-have: Experience with AI, smart home, robotics, or ambient computing products
• Nice-to-have: Understanding of multimodal interaction systems including voice, gesture, and context-aware interaction
• Nice-to-have: Experience collaborating with global teams and ODM partners
• Nice-to-have: Passion for exploring new relationships between humans and intelligent systems
• Nice-to-have: Interest in bridging physical design with software experiences and AI behaviors
• Nice-to-have: Understanding of digital product workflows and software-driven experiences

Skills

• Experience leading products from concept through engineering development and mass production
• Strong storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex technology into compelling user-centered visions

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Competitive compensation package
• Professional development opportunities
• Health and wellness programs
• Employee recognition and rewards

Pay

• $80,000 - $120,000 annually

Schedule

• Full-time