Senior Industrial Designer

American Standard

(Piscataway Township, New Jersey)
Full Time Travel Required
Job Posting Details
Responsibilities
- Lead design projects from concept generation through implementation. - Be a New Product Development team leader. -bBe an expert in Water Delivery Systems, for the Wholesale, Luxury and Retail channels. - Understand the consumer, especially in the bathroom and kitchen environment, so that functional aspects can be considered along with aesthetic needs and cost objectives. - Ensure that there is a high level of design within all of the details throughout the product. - Provide design and technical guidance to the team and other Industrial Designers. - Occasionally manage internal and/or external designers - Participate in accomplishing the day-to-day activities of the Industrial Design department. Major Tasks: - Work very closely with all new product development departments, including Engineering, Product Marketing, - Purchasing, and Manufacturing, in a team atmosphere to achieve new product designs. - Participate in new product development activities, including generation of new product concepts. - Determine appropriate approaches to concept development by executing/managing product concept drawings, physical modeling, and product presentations. - Collaborate with the Consumer Insight Team. - Maintain current awareness of consumer competitor product offerings including product design trends in North America and Global markets. - Develop and maintain familiarity with materials and processes used in the industry and the manufacture of plumbing products. Supervisory Relationships: - Reports to VP of Design - Dotted Line to Program Managers when working on projects. - Advises and mentors less experienced Industrial Design personnel. Organization Relationships: - Works alongside Engineering, Product Marketing, Communications, and Manufacturing in a team environment. - External Business Relationships: - Manage design consultants. - Occasional contact with vendors and suppliers. - Attends industry trade show and seminars as needed to maintain awareness of competitor products, designs, and overall consumer product design trends. - Attends industrial design seminars and courses as necessary to maintain professional skills
Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field of study - Minimum of 5 years’ experience in industrial design, interior design, architecture, furniture, lighting and/or other related field. - Strong portfolio demonstrating thought process and an understanding of the steps needed to create an experience - Excellent form development skills - understanding of 3D form in terms of aesthetic, proportion and various styles Passion for designing appealing, revolutionary products that make an impact on people’s lives - Excited by working on difficult problems with a dedicated team of high-energy, high-caliber people. - Ability to Manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in a complex, fast-paced environment. - Strong aesthetic sense and artistic skill in addition to superior technical competence - Must have mastery of relevant 3D and 2D CAD tools – (Rhino, Alias, Solidworks, Pro E, etc – Adobe Creative Suite, Keyshot, Vray, Maxwell, etc). To help create, simulate and render compelling ID and user interaction solutions. - Must have the ability to develop and communicate a strong, well-considered understanding of how to combine ID objectives with the objectives of engineering, marketing and human factors disciplines - Ability to distill complex concepts and then quickly turn around solutions reflecting a range of simple, elegant, and technically-feasible options - Ability to work with engineering teams to bring successful products to market - Understanding of materials and manufacturing processes - Ability to travel up to 10-20% of the time. - Experience designing electro-mechanical systems with significant user interface elements a strong plus. Medical device experience a plus.

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