New Product Industrial Designer

About the Division

Spectrum Brands’ Home & Garden business unit, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, operates distribution, manufacturing, and sales offices across the US and globally. We are 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

The New Product Industrial Designer plays a key role in Spectrum Brands’ Home & Garden Research and Development team, translating consumer desires and needs into innovative, consumer-focused delivery systems and devices. This position collaborates closely with engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and other R&D functions to design and prototype new products, emphasizing usability, ergonomics, form, function, and market relevance. The role requires strong technical proficiency and engineering knowledge, driving consumer-led innovation and new product development processes.

Responsibilities

• Understand consumer insights and translate them into unique consumer experiences and products, 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 focusing on ergonomics, form, and function for hard and packaged goods through sketching, rendering, and digital modeling (2D and 3D).
• Create aesthetic solid models and digital renderings using software such as SolidWorks and Keyshot.
• Develop physical form study models and mockups using rapid and mechanical prototyping techniques, iterating through concept-prototype-repeat cycles.
• Model, prototype, and test looks-like and functional prototypes using rapid prototyping and conventional fabrication methods.
• Design technically sound products that delight consumers and address unmet needs.
• Build and maintain key supplier relationships to accelerate product implementation.
• Balance aesthetic design with technical and functional considerations.
• Actively participate in technical and consumer-focused brainstorming sessions.
• Incorporate AI-driven generation and iterative development into the design process.
• Maintain mechanical prototype machinery (e.g., table saw, band saw) and rapid prototyping equipment (e.g., FDM, PolyJet).
• Apply design-for-manufacturing principles and collaborate with mechanical engineering to execute product designs.
• Manage multiple projects with attention to detail, adhering to project priorities and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design.
• 4+ years of experience in industrial design, with 3+ years in hard goods design execution.
• Proficiency in Acrobat Pro, SolidWorks (or other 3D modeling software), Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and PowerPoint.
• Experience in consumer-packaged goods preferred.
• Consumer science experience, including central location tests, ethnographies, and 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 for hard and packaged goods, such as injection molding, blow molding, and thermoforming.
• Strong collaboration skills, working 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 mechanical engineering collaboration.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Skills

• Strong sketching and conceptual abilities.
• Exceptional design sense to create visually appealing and user-friendly products.
• Ability to prioritize and reconcile competing directions.
• 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).

Work Environment

This is a hybrid role, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays and in-office work Tuesday through Thursday. Relocation assistance may be provided for candidates outside the commuting area. Working conditions are typical for an office environment.