Industrial Designer

Position Summary

The Industrial Designer is a hands-on, creative problem solver with an inventor’s mindset and a passion for bringing ideas to life. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping the next generation of products, leading innovation through a Design Thinking approach and building, testing, and refining prototypes in our in-house lab and workshop.

Essential Job Function

• Drive innovation through a design thinking approach with consumer empathy in mind.
• Perform market analysis on competing products and brands.
• Create prototypes and test them internally, with users, and athletes; translate results back into the design process.
• Work closely with internal mechanical engineering team to define materials, test standards, and design for manufacturability.
• Help transform 3D CAD models made by the engineering team into visually appealing works of art.
• Create robust 2D drawings in Adobe Illustrator for overseas manufacturing of soft good products.
• Create CMF’s and Artwork to express the brands personality though new product design.
• Analyze feasibility, cost, and return on investment for product ideas.
• Work with our manufacturing partners to optimize designs based on their manufacturing capabilities.
• Preform inspection on incoming samples from vendors by measuring and testing parts to drawing specifications.
• Collaborate with QA team to develop Quality Assurance Plan for mass production.
• Travel to China 1 to 2 times a year.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Design experience with plastics, TPE’s, sheet metal, tube bending, and cut and sew fabrics.
• Extensive knowledge of textiles and fabrics.
• Proficient in SolidWorks and Adobe Illustrator.
• Working knowledge of tolerance analysis and 6 sigma.
• Workshop experience with power tools, (workshop equipment i.e. bandsaws, grinders, welder, drill press) and 3D printers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years’ progressive product design experience, preferably within the fitness, footwear & accessories industries.
• Clear, demonstrated understanding of consumer products.
• High intermediate demonstrated skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel in addition to other Microsoft Office applications.

Education & Experience

• A bachelor's degree in a related field of study, preferably Industrial/Product design, OR a combination of education & experience will be considered.

Relevant Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• Observe/Identify: The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Hearing: Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers, customers and vendors.
• Operate: Write, type and use the telephone, copier, and computer systems.
• Stationary position: Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50- 75% of the time.
• Mobility: Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, attend meetings, etc.
• Predictable attendance on site.
• Communicate: Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Move/Transport: Ability to occasionally move boxes weighing up to 25 lbs. across office for various needs with or without accommodations.
• Exposed: Standard climate-controlled office setting.
• Occasional exposure to open air, shop setting.
• Work may require occasional travel.