Industrial Designer

DoorDash

$124K — $260K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of industrial/product-design experience or equivalent portfolio.
  • Strong portfolio exemplifying concept ideation, CAD modeling, and prototyping.
  • Experience in taking products from concept to production release.
  • Proficiency with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, NX, Alias, Rhino).
  • Deep knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes.
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
  • A maker mindset with a focus on prototyping and exploration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design projects from concept sketches to production prototypes.
  • Conduct user and market research to inform design decisions.
  • Translate design intent into detailed manufacturing specifications.
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams for feasibility.
  • Build and iterate physical prototypes for usability testing.
  • Present design concepts to stakeholders and incorporate feedback.
  • Contribute to brand consistency and visual identity across products.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible hybrid work model allowing office and remote work.
  • Creative and collaborative studio environment with prototyping resources.
  • Professional development budget for growth opportunities.
  • Opportunity to shape the product roadmap and design strategies.
Full Job Description
About the Role

As an Industrial Designer on our team, you will own the design of physical products and help elevate our brand's experience through form, function and manufacturability. You'll be responsible for leading concept ideation, CAD modelling and prototyping, working across mechanical, electronics and user-experience domains. You'll collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, user-research and marketing, and participate in decision-making around product direction. This role offers ownership across the design lifecycle - from early sketches through production launch.
You're excited about this opportunity because...
  • Lead end-to-end design projects: develop concept sketches, CAD/3D models, renderings and physical prototypes.
  • Conduct research into user needs, market trends, materials, manufacturing processes (injection moulding, thermoforming, additive manufacturing) and competitive products.
  • Translate design intent into detailed specifications: materials, geometry, finishes, ergonomics, manufacturing constraints.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing and product to ensure feasibility, cost-effectiveness and alignment with brand and product vision.
  • Build and iterate prototypes (3D prints, machined models, mock-ups), validate usability, aesthetics, functionality and manufacturability.
  • Present design concepts, flows and prototypes to stakeholders, incorporate feedback and drive decisions.
  • Contribute to design language, visual identity and brand consistency across products.
Why You'll Love This Role
  • You'll shape real, tangible products that users will interact with and rely on.
  • You'll work in a small, high-impact team where your contributions will be visible and meaningful.
  • You'll tackle ambiguous, early-stage challenges (0-to-1 mindset) and have space to innovate, iterate and experiment.
  • You'll use your hands (sketchbook, 3D printers, lasercutters, materials lab) as well as CAD, a true maker + designer role.
  • You will help define the future of our product platform: how it looks, how it feels, how it functions, how it's manufactured.
We're excited about you because...
  • 5+ years of relevant industrial/product-design experience (or equivalent portfolio) in physical-product development.
  • Proven ability to drive design in ambiguous, early-stage spaces and bring clarity to open problems.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating concept ideation, CAD/3D modelling, prototyping and product launches.
  • Proficiency with CAD/3D software (e.g., SolidWorks, NX, Alias, Rhino), rendering tools, and comfortable working from sketch through to production.
  • Deep understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability (DFM), cost drivers and usability/ergonomics.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to engage with engineering, sourcing, manufacturing and business leads.
  • A bias toward iteration, action and improvement - you love shipping, learning, refining.
  • A maker mindset: comfortable prototyping, tinkering, exploring new processes, materials and technologies.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's-degree or higher in Industrial Design, Product Design, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
  • Strong portfolio of physical product design work (consumer, industrial or hardware preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience taking products from concept to production release.
What We Offer
  • Competitive salary and equity participation
  • Health, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible hybrid work model (office + remote)
  • Creative, collaborative studio environment with design and prototyping resources
  • Opportunity to influence product roadmap, design language and manufacturing strategy
  • Professional development budget
  • A culture that values experimentation, iteration and hands-on making


Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee's work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

See below for paid time off details:
  • For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
  • For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay ranges for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

I4

$124,500-$183,000 USD

I5

$148,200-$218,000 USD

I6

$176,800-$260,000 USD

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