Senior Industrial Designer, Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) team, Hardware Industrial Design

About the role

The Amazon's Hardware Industrial Design team is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Industrial Designer to work on their next-generation of devices and accessories. You will be working with a unique and gifted team developing exciting products for consumers. The team is a multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists engaged in a fast-paced mission to deliver the new products. The team faces a challenging task of balancing cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver all aspects of the physical experience, from concepts and prototypes all the way to production.
• Lead and work collaboratively within a team of other designers, researchers, engineers and program managers, creating a holistic product experience at the highest standards for our customers.
• Translate a customer-centric design vision into concepts that are simple, intuitive and visually refined despite underlying complexity or constraints.
• Possess an exceptional eye for detail, form and proportion and embrace a highly iterative approach to design informed by the latest technologies and industry trends.
• Communicate proposals and specifications to other teams and disciplines within the organization at all levels.
• Push the limits of the Industrial design while collaborating with other discipline and departmental leaders.
• Advance Industrial Design practices through deep understanding of the specific design field and related technologies, identifying and mastering best-in-class methods and processes for achieving creative excellence in current and future Amazon products.
• Become a thought leader and influencer both within their org and outside it.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of equivalent experience
• Available online portfolio
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field of study
• Experience owning and leading design projects, either independently or leading a team
• Experience with 3D modeling packages (Rhino/SolidWorks), 2D packages (Photoshop and Illustrator), and 3D Rendering (Keyshot)

Preferred Qualifications

• Mastery of fundamental design disciplines and a passionate user-centered design advocate
• Excellent sketching and 3D craftsmanship
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor design team and more junior design team members
• Proven ability to prepare production ready data and documentation
• Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and multi-task in an agile environment
• Excellent communication skills: visual, verbal and written