Lead Industrial Designer

Position Summary

Samsung Design Innovation Center is seeking a highly experienced Lead Industrial Designer to envision and shape the next generation of consumer products across Samsung's expanding device portfolio, with a particular focus on emerging product categories including wearable devices and future hardware experiences. This role goes beyond traditional Industrial Design. We are looking for an exceptional designer who embraces Artificial Intelligence as a fundamental part of the creative process and demonstrates how AI can amplify creativity, accelerate exploration, and redefine the way products are conceived, visualized, and communicated.

Position Responsibilities

• Drive future consumer hardware concepts from early opportunity identification through sketching, CAD modeling, and physical mock-up development.
• Translate insights into product: Apply exceptional aesthetic sensibility and human-centered principles to convert user research and market opportunities into desirable, feasible physical experiences.
• Deeply integrate generative AI tools (e.g., Vizcom, Stable Diffusion) into your design process to accelerate ideation, CMF (Color, Material, Finish) exploration, and high-fidelity rendering.
• Evolve & Evangelize AI Workflows: Act as a thought leader to define and share AI-native design methodologies, inspiring broader adoption across Samsung's global design organization.
• Evaluate Emerging Tech: Maintain a growth mindset and continuous curiosity, actively evaluating and integrating new AI design tools into the studio’s ecosystem.
• Define Product Direction: Independently navigate ambiguous spaces and establish clear product directions with minimal guidance.
• Deliver Compelling Narratives: Produce high-fidelity renders, animations, and visual storytelling materials to confidently present and defend future product visions to executive stakeholders.
• Partner Locally & Globally: Collaborate seamlessly across multidisciplinary teams in San Francisco (UX, Research, Strategy, Engineering) and maintain strong working relationships with partner design studios in Korea.
• Travel & Flexibility: Travel internationally and domestically as needed to align and co-create with global stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred in Industrial Design, Product Design, Transportation Design, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 10+ years of professional Industrial Design experience with an outstanding portfolio demonstrating exceptional product design quality.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly explore broad design spaces using AI while applying exceptional design judgment.
• Outstanding sketching, 3D visualization, physical mockup development, and meticulous attention to product craftsmanship and detail.
• Pristine communication and storytelling skills with a track record of collaborating across global, multidisciplinary teams.
• Action-oriented, highly self-motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced innovation environment.
• Experience bringing consumer products to market through manufacturing is preferred, but not required.