New Product Industrial Designer

Spectrum Brands’ Home & Garden division, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading supplier of consumer products for the home, lawn and garden, insect, and weed control markets. Our well-recognized brands include Spectracide®, Hot Shot®, Cutter®, Repel®, Black Flag®, Garden Safe®, EcoLogic®, and Liquid Fence®.

About the role

This hybrid role is located in the Earth City, MO corporate office. Relocation assistance may be provided for candidates outside the commuting area.

The New Product Industrial Designer plays a key role in Spectrum Brands’ Home & Garden R&D team, translating consumer desires into innovative delivery systems and devices. You will collaborate with engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and other R&D functions to design, prototype, and launch consumer-focused products with strong usability, ergonomics, form, and function.

Responsibilities

• Understand consumer insights and translate them into unique product experiences, championing a consumer-first mentality across the organization.
• Collaborate with Marketing, New Product Development, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to identify and develop innovation opportunities.
• Develop design concepts with a focus on ergonomics, form, and function for hard and packaged goods through sketching, rendering, and 3D modeling.
• Create aesthetic solid models and digital renderings (2D and 3D) to bring ideas to life.
• Build and iterate physical form study models and mockups using rapid and mechanical prototyping tools (e.g., FDM, PolyJet, table saw, band saw).
• Model, prototype, and test looks-like and functional prototypes using rapid prototyping and conventional fabrication techniques.
• Design technically sound, consumer-delighting products that address unmet needs.
• Develop and maintain key supplier relationships to accelerate product implementation.
• Balance aesthetic design with technical functionality, participating in brainstorming sessions focused on both technical and consumer perspectives.
• Incorporate AI-driven generation and iterative development into the design process.
• Maintain and operate mechanical and rapid prototyping machinery.
• Apply design-for-manufacturing principles and work closely with mechanical engineering to execute product designs.
• Manage multiple projects with strong attention to detail, prioritizing and reconciling competing directions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design.
• 4+ years of experience in industrial design, with 3+ years in hard goods design execution.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks (or other 3D modeling software), Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Acrobat Pro, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in consumer-packaged goods preferred.
• Consumer science experience (e.g., central location tests, ethnographies, in-home usage tests) is a plus.
• Portfolio demonstrating expertise in creative thinking, design thinking, problem-solving, aesthetics, prototyping, and iterative design.
• Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes such as injection molding, blow molding, and thermoforming.
• Strong collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders on aesthetic design, moldability, assembly, and design-for-manufacturing.
• Project and time management capabilities to deliver priorities efficiently.
• Advanced knowledge of design-for-manufacturing and close collaboration with mechanical engineering.
• Role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Skills

• Strong sketching and conceptual abilities.
• Exceptional design sense to create visually appealing and user-friendly products.
• Consumer-led design mindset and processes.
• Advanced proficiency in 3D modeling (SolidWorks, Siemens NX).
• Skilled in 3D rendering (Keyshot preferred).
• Hands-on experience with rapid and mechanical fabrication.
• Proficient in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for CAD version control and documentation.
• Experience with StageGate processes.
• Proficiency in hard goods and consumer-packaged goods manufacturing and assembly for commercialization.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills (oral and written).

Schedule

Hybrid role: work from home on Monday and Friday; in-office Tuesday through Thursday.