Eyewear Designer: Shape Light, Expressive Frames (Hybrid)

Dolmen; Linz; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/home-office options

Team events

Fitness offers

Company restaurant

Professional development

Modern office spaces

Job summary

Silhouette International Schmied AG in Linz (Austria) is seeking a curious Eyewear Designer to join our international design team. This full-time role offers hybrid and home-office options, with potential placement in Linz or Vienna and collaboration across our three brands.

You will explore trends, create concepts and 2D/3D designs from idea to product, work with R&D, prototyping and production, and shape future collections while communicating stories to marketing, sales and opticians.

Qualifications

• Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design or related field.
• Strong portfolio showing conceptual strength and attention to detail.
• Ability to develop ideas from concept to 2D/3D design and final product.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and 3D design tools (Rhino, SolidWorks).
• Understanding of form, proportion, materials and manufacturing processes.
• Curiosity for new materials, technologies and production methods.
• Independent, hands-on, solution-oriented work style.
• Collaborative mindset with design, engineering and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Explore trends and turn insights into design directions.
• Create concepts, moodboards, sketches and 2D/3D designs from idea to product.
• Collaborate with Color Design, R&D, prototyping and construction to produce high-quality eyewear.
• Communicate the story behind designs to inspire marketing, sales and opticians.
• Contribute to future collections across three brands.

Skills

Industrial Design

Product Design

Conceptual thinking

2D/3D design

Adobe Creative Suite

Rhino

SolidWorks

Materials knowledge

Manufacturing processes

Collaboration

Portfolio presentation

Education

Industrial Design degree

Tools

Rhino

SolidWorks

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Silhouette International Schmied AG in Linz (Austria) is seeking a curious Eyewear Designer to join our international design team. This full-time role offers hybrid and home-office options, with potential placement in Linz or Vienna and collaboration across our three brands.

You will explore trends, create concepts and 2D/3D designs from idea to product, work with R&D, prototyping and production, and shape future collections while communicating stories to marketing, sales and opticians.