New Product Industrial Designer

Spectrum Brands, Inc · Indianapolis, IN · Yesterday

HybridFull-time

About the role

The New Product Industrial Designer is integral to the new product development process within Spectrum Brands’ Home & Garden Research and Development team. The designer will translate consumers’ desires and needs into new, consumer-focused delivery systems and devices. This role works closely with engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and other R&D functions to design and prototype innovative new products. The industrial designer will contribute industrial design processes that drive products with high levels of usability, ergonomics, form, function, and market trend relevance. This position requires a high level of technical proficiency and engineering knowledge and will be at the forefront of product development, providing new ideas, processes, and capabilities to develop, test, and learn with consumers at the core.

Responsibilities

Consumer Focused Design: Understand consumer insights and extrapolate them to develop new, unique consumer experiences and products; drive a consumer-first mentality when developing new products; collaborate with Marketing, New Product Development, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to develop innovation opportunities.
Design Execution: Develop design concepts with a focus on ergonomics, form, and function for hard and packaged goods through concept sketching and rendering; leverage software to create aesthetic solid models and digital renderings (2D and 3D); develop quick physical form study models and mockups using rapid and mechanical prototyping; model, prototype, and test looks-like and functional prototypes through rapid prototyping and conventional fabrication techniques; create compelling new products with technical expertise that delight consumers and fulfill unmet needs; develop key supplier relationships to accelerate product implementation; flex between aesthetic design mentality and technical, functional mindset; participate in technical and consumer-focused brainstorm sessions; incorporate new capabilities in AI generation and iterative development.
Assist in maintaining both mechanical prototype machinery (table saw, band saw, etc.) and rapid prototyping machinery (FDM, PolyJet, etc.).

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design.
4+ years of experience in industrial design.
3+ years in hard goods design execution.
Proficiency in Acrobat Pro, SolidWorks (or other 3D modeling software), Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), PowerPoint.
Experience in consumer-packaged goods preferred.
Consumer science experience with ability to assist in consumer research through central location tests, ethnographies, and in-home usage tests preferred.
A portfolio that showcases design expertise with creative thinking, design thinking, problem solving, aesthetics, prototyping, and iterative design development.
Knowledge of materials used for hard and packaged goods production through processes such as injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, etc.
Strong collaboration skills, partnering with internal and external stakeholders on aesthetic design, part moldability, assembly, and design-for-manufacturing.
An always-learning mindset with a strong curiosity and desire to fail fast to learn quickly.
Project and time management capabilities to execute project priorities and deliverables in a timely and efficient manner.
Advanced knowledge of design-for-manufacturing and the ability to work closely with mechanical engineering to execute on product design.

Required Skills

Strong sketching and conceptual abilities.
Exceptional sense of design to create visually appealing and user-friendly products.
Ability to set priorities and reconcile directions from competing interests.
Consumer-led design mindset and processes.
Advanced proficiency in 3D modeling (SolidWorks, Siemens NX).
Skilled proficiency in 3D rendering (Keyshot preferred).
Strongly skilled in rapid and mechanical fabrication capabilities with a hands-on development approach.
Proficient in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to maintain version control of CAD components and design documentation.
Experience with StageGate processes.
Skilled proficiency in hard goods and consumer packaged goods manufacturing and assembly to scale up for commercialization.
Ability to organize and carry out multiple projects with attention to detail.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Work Environment