Industrial Designer, Product Development

Midland Power; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Positive workplace culture

Teamwork and trust

Healthy work life balance

Job summary

A growing Canadian company in Toronto seeks an experienced industrial designer to lead product development from concept to shelf. You will design innovative outdoor products, work closely with a diverse team, and communicate with global manufacturers. Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of product design experience and a strong mechanical inclination. Join a culture built on teamwork and trust, supporting a balanced work life.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a product designer or developer.
• Familiar with consumer hard goods.
• Familiar with construction, tools, electronics, gas/solar powered equipment, consumer hard goods

Responsibilities

• Ideate and design products from initial concept to manufacturing launch.
• Conduct market research for product categories.
• Source and improve existing products from overseas markets.
• Communicate with global manufacturers for product improvement.
• Travel internationally for manufacturer visits.
• Support graphic design team for packaging needs.
• Maintain documentation of new products.
• Collaborate across departments for product development.

Skills

Detail oriented

Problem solver

Goal oriented

Continuous learner

Decisive

Hard-goods knowledge

Education

University degree in Industrial Design or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Tools

Electronics

Construction knowledge

Gas/Solar powered equipment

Job description

Ready to see your ideas come to life on store shelves across Canada? We're looking for an experienced hands‑on, creative industrial designer to join our product development team in Toronto. From sketch to shelf, you’ll take the lead on designing innovative outdoor products – everything from soft goods to powered equipment.

This role is perfect for someone who’s energized by variety, thrives on problem‑solving, and takes pride in turning ideas into tangible, real‑world products.

If you're resourceful, detail‑driven, and passionate about creating great products that people will use every day, we want to hear from you!

Summary Role

This role will work on all phases of the product development process from start to finish, resulting in your designs being mass produced and sold in large retail stores – many stores that you recognize! The focus of this role is to ideate and customize products including mechanical and powered equipment for people to use outdoors.

As a member of the design team, you'll join a tight‑knit group of industrial, mechanical, and graphic designers who manage the creation of new products from conception to completion.

Responsibilities

In a typical week you will:

• Ideate and design products - take products from initial concept through to manufacturing launch.
• Conduct market research to develop a deep understanding of product categories.
• Source the best products currently being made in overseas markets, test them and improve them to develop unbeatable products for our market.
• Communicate with manufacturers across the world, to create and improve products.
• Travel occasionally internationally for manufacturer visits and tradeshows.
• Support the graphic design team for packaging and marketing needs.
• Maintain detailed information and documentation of new products.
• Collaborate with all departments to support the product development cycle through to production.

Who we’re looking for

• Detail oriented – sweats the small stuff
• Problem solver – finds solutions, makes recommendations and improvements
• Goal oriented – able to work on various projects and deliver quality results
• Continuous learner – eager to gain knowledge and reach further to learn about Midland’s products
• Decisive – makes sound decisions balancing factors and reaching the best solution and not the easiest.
• Hard‑goods knowledge – has a mechanical inclination and knowledge of how things function, primarily with hard‑goods and power equipment.

Experience

• University degree in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineer, or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of working experience as product designer or developer
• Familiar with construction, tools, electronics, gas/solar powered equipment, consumer hard goods

Who We Are

Midland Power is a growing, agile, Canadian company that designs, improves, and distributes a large catalogue of power equipment and home backup power‑related products across the continent. With 20 years of experience, we have a team with deep expertise based in Toronto working to supply the best products to our retail partners, and support people with respect and dedication.

We Offer

a positive workplace culture built on teamwork and trust that drives us to be successful both personally and professionally, with a healthy work life balance.