Industrial Designer Analyst (Mid-Level)

Whirlpool, Inc.; Santa Catarina; Hybrid; BRL 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wedding bonus

Gympass

Two weeks of remote work from anywhere

Meal on-site

Job summary

Whirlpool Corporation in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, seeks an experienced industrial designer to drive customer-centric product designs for appliances and related IoT experiences. You will work within a fast-paced development team to deliver aesthetically compelling, manufacturable solutions across global brands.

With a focus on form, function, and digital-physical integration, you will contribute to design concepts, documentation, and collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from an accredited school.
• 3-5 years design experience in corporate or consultancy environments (consumer electronics, appliances, or automotive a strong plus).
• Advanced 3D modeling skills (Solidworks, CREO, or Rhino 3D) and top-tier rendering abilities (KeyShot, V-Ray).
• Strong 2D digital visualization skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro).
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, especially injection molding, sheet metal stamping, and assembly.
• Familiarity with electronics, smart-home ecosystems (IoT), light-guided interfaces, and human-machine interaction (HMI).
• Proficiency with AI design tools (Midjourney, Gemini, Stable Diffusion) for rapid early conceptualization.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication; Advanced English is a must.
• Strong project management skills and adaptability to agile processes.

Responsibilities

• Define and endorse cross-category project parameters using Design Thinking.
• Present varied concept design options to meet user needs and business goals.
• Create form, aesthetics, and seamless physical-digital interfaces (phygital).
• Generate documentation to satisfy project criteria within Whirlpool process.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, R&D, and UX/UI to deliver the design package.
• Develop and ensure Visual Brand Language (VBL) across projects.
• Produce high-quality 3D visuals, renderings, and assets to communicate design intent.
• Create CMF documentation per brand guidelines and trends.
• Follow DFA/DFM and DTV initiatives to ensure product quality and competitiveness.
• Prototype and iterate rapid prototypes with the model shop.
• Craft compelling stakeholder presentations.

Skills

3D modeling

Rendering

2D visualization

AI design tools

English communication

Project management

Education

Bachelors in Industrial Design

Tools

Solidworks

CREO

Rhino 3D

KeyShot

V-Ray

Photoshop

Illustrator

Sketchbook Pro

Job description

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2025, the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

The team you will be a part of

The Product Design team designs, validates and brings new products to market.; designs, tests and integrates components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost, reliability and safety. Collaborates with internal partners to optimize designs for manufacturability. Uses CAD/CAE systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.

This role in summary

This opportunity is best suited to a creative, forward-thinking industrial designer with a solid foundation working within a fast-paced Product Development environment. Tasked with being the voice of our customer, you will design user-centric solutions that provide genuine value, integrating physical products with emerging digital experiences (IoT/Smart Home), while aligning with our brands' positioning. You will be responsible for driving a continuous stream of innovative and beautiful products that support and enhance the global competitiveness of our brand.

Your responsibilities will include

• Participate in defining and endorsing cross-category project parameters, utilizing Design Thinking methodologies.
• Ensure a variety of conceptual design alternatives are presented to satisfy both unarticulated user needs and business goals.
• Create aspects of form, aesthetics, and seamless physical-digital interfaces (phygital) between users and products.
• Generate appropriate documentation to satisfy project criteria into the Whirlpool process.
• Collaborate heavily with a multidisciplinary, global team (Engineering, Marketing, R&D, and UX/UI) to deliver the complete Design package.
• Help to create and ensure the flawless implementation of the Visual Brand Language (VBL) across projects.
• Generate high-quality 3D visual assets, images, and renderings to effectively communicate the design intent across the company.
• Create Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) documentation according to brand guidelines and global macro-trends.
• Follow-up on DTV (design-to-value) and DFA/DFM (Design for Assembly/Manufacturing) initiatives to ensure product quality and competitiveness during its life-cycle.
• Create, submit, and iterate rapid prototypes and appearance models alongside our modelshop team.
• Craft and deliver strong, compelling story-telling presentations to stakeholders.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from an accredited school.
• 3-5 years of design experience in a corporate or consultancy environment (Consumer Electronics, Appliances, or Automotive experience is a strong plus).
• Advanced 3D Computer modeling skills (Solidworks, CREO, or Rhino 3D) and top-tier rendering abilities (KeyShot, V-Ray, etc.).
• Strong 2D digital visualization skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro).
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, especially injection molding, sheet metal stamping, and assembly.
• Familiarity with electronics, smart-home ecosystems (IoT), light-guided interfaces, and human-machine interaction (HMI).
• Proficiency or strong interest in leveraging AI design tools (Midjourney, Gemini, Stable Diffusion) to accelerate early conceptualization.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate alignment across different disciplines (Advanced English is a must).
• Strong project management skills, decision-making abilities, and self-motivation.
• Adaptability and flexibility to change as designs and agile processes evolve.

What we offer

• Wedding bonus;
• Subsidy at accredited pharmacies for the purchase of prescribed medications;
• Access to the Company Recreation Club available for affiliated employees and guests;
• Discount on products through Compra Certa;
• Discount on insurance (pet, auto, home, bike, travel, and more);
• Gympass;
• Employee Support Program, providing 24-hour assistance with legal, social, financial, social workers, and psychologists;
• Daycare assistance or Nursery at the company for female employees;
• Benefits such as consigned or social loans, health plan, dental plan, life insurance, and private pension plans competitive with the market;
• Services available on-site: cafeteria, internal bank branch, and lactation room;
• Transportation voucher, Shuttle buses or Free parking at the company;
• Food voucher;
• Meals on-site;
• Two weeks of remote work from anywhere;
• After 5 years with the company, eligible employees can take four weeks of paid leave;
• Extended maternity/paternity leave.

Learn more at https://www.whirlpoolcareers.com/trabalhe-conosco-no-brasil/

Additional information

This position is located at Joinville, the largest city in Santa Catarina state and an important industrial, financial and commercial center of the south region of Brazil. Here in this factory is centered the production of refrigerators, freezers, dryers, water purifiers and B.Blend machines. Also, here it's the base of the global product research and development team in Brazil for the refrigeration, air conditioning, water purifiers, cooking and eletronic areas.

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