ICON Aircraft

Senior Industrial Designer

ICON Aircraft$100K — $120K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of industrial design experience
  • Degree in Industrial Design required
  • Portfolio demonstrating production understanding
  • Passionate about material exploration and craftsmanship
  • Experience with hands-on prototyping
  • Strong communication skills in a collaborative environment
  • Deep appreciation for aesthetics

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with team members and executives to invent and launch new products
  • Negotiate and work cross-functionally with multiple departments
  • Develop technical understanding beyond your expertise to solve challenges
  • Work with vendors and internal experts to optimize designs
  • Research new materials and technologies for projects
  • Be flexible in switching between studio and field work

Benefits

  • Join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to innovative shelter design
  • Opportunity to work on world-class product development
  • Engage in hands-on design with a focus on craftsmanship
  • Collaborative environment fostering creative problem-solving
  • Exposure to cutting-edge materials and production methods
Full Job Description
The ICON Industrial Design team is looking for a curious, passionate, and collaborative Senior Industrial Designer. Individual must be a highly motivated, determined problem-solver with a rigorous attention to detail. You will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for conceiving, designing, validating, and launching ICON's world-class products. As an ICONic, you will be a direct contributor to the development of entirely new products and processes to advance humankind's ability to provide dignified, affordable, resilient, and sustainable shelter to the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Collaborate with team members and Executives to invent, design, engineer, and launch new products and services.
  • Negotiating and collaborating cross functionally with various departments such as our Hardware, Home, Controls, Material Science and Software teams to refine and execute the vision for our products and services.
  • Developing deep technical knowledge in areas outside your realm of expertise to understand other teams' design constraints and challenges in service of creating seamless processes and production solutions.
  • Collaborating with outside vendors and internal experts to optimize designs for function, aesthetics, and production.
  • Researching new materials, production methods, and technology as needed for projects.
  • Must be willing to perform a wide range of tasks on a daily basis (e.g. Transition from studio work to field work at a moment's notice)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 8+ years of professional work experience as an Industrial Designer.
  • Industrial Design degree required.
  • A body of work that has been produced or the understanding of how it can be produced.
  • A healthy obsession with how things are made and how they work.
  • Passion for materials and material exploration.
  • A deep appreciation for aesthetics.
  • Design craftsmanship - able to create high quality design work and then manage production of design work with various partners and vendors.
  • Experience in hands-on prototyping, without relying solely on virtual design tools.
  • Adept at communicating in a collaborative team environment and seeking optimum solutions with other team members.


PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Experience working in a design studio environment and or large multidisciplinary teams with strong design processes.
  • Experience in space or additive manufacturing is a plus.
  • Experience creating product ecosystems and entire design languages.
  • Strong 3D-modeling & photorealistic rendering skills a plus.


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