Lead Concept Industrial Designer

We are seeking a visionary Lead Concept Industrial Designer to translate the Design Director’s aesthetic vision into the form language and unified physical identity of our next-generation robotic platforms.

Responsibilities

• Rapid 3D Form & Volume Exploration: Quickly rough out, test, and iterate on complex multi-part robotic enclosures, articulating fairings, and structural chassis using Rhino, SubD, Alias Concept, or Blender.
• Unified Architecture: Establish a cohesive visual brand language across the entire robot—ensuring seamless aesthetic and proportional transitions between moving parts.
• Dynamic Articulation & Clearances: Explore and resolve how physical panels interact, reveal internal mechanisms, and clear dynamic ranges of motion.
• Design-to-Surfacing Handshake: Deliver organized, proportion-locked concept CAD envelopes (SubD / clean NURBS) with clear design intent, character lines, and highlight priorities to the Technical Surface Designer.
• Cross-Functional Synthesis: Collaborate closely with Mechanical Engineering, Motion/Robotics, and Hardware leadership to wrap high-density motor packs, cooling ducts, battery modules, and sensor arrays into an appealing, functional envelope.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related experience
• Experience directly working with engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or related field
• Expert-level proficiency in Gravity Sketch, Rhino, Vizcom Ai, SubD modeling, Blender, Plasticity, or Alias Concept with demonstrated ability to sculpt balanced forms in days, not weeks
• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional sense of proportion, visual hierarchy, and unified aesthetic across multi-component devices
• Intuitive grasp of dynamic kinematic clearances, packaging volumes for motors/electronics, and thermal management considerations
• Proven ability to maintain clean layer organization, logical parting line intent, and deliver clean STEP/mesh files ready for downstream technical surfacing

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or equivalent advanced study
• Experience in consumer robotics (Boston Dynamics, DJI, Skydio), high-end powersports/motorcycle studios (CanAm, Yamaha, Honda R&D, Zero), or automotive concept styling
• Proficiency in generative design tools (Grasshopper/Rhino) and digital sculpting (ZBrush) for organic/biological form references
• Basic understanding of die-cast and composite manufacturing (DFM) realities to keep concept forms grounded in producibility
• Ability to articulate specific highlight curves, curvature expectations, and surface quality intent to technical modelers
• Experience designing for kinematic/articulating systems where covers, cowlings, and fairings move without visual or physical interference
• Background in premium CMF (Color, Material, Finish) development and hardware interaction design

Pay

USA, MA, N.Reading - $145,200.00 - $196,500.00 USD annually
USA, WA, BELLEVUE - $145,200.00 - $196,500.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans)
• EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.