Physical Product Designer (Hardware, Soft Goods & Packaging)

Ape Born; Canada; In loco; CAD 70.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ape Born in Canada is seeking a full-time Physical Product Designer to take wellness and recovery products from concept to factory-ready files. This isn't a hand-off role; you will design the product, build technical drawings, and work directly with manufacturers to bring products into production across belts, mats, saunas, and supplements.

You will own packaging design, dielines, labels, and graphics across retail and online packaging, collaborating across CAD, packaging, and QA, ensuring cost

Competenze

• Must be able to produce production-ready technical files.
• Experience creating cut sheets, tech packs, and packaging artwork.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes across devices and soft goods.

Mansioni

• Take products from concept to production-ready files.
• Create detailed 2D drawings and 3D models for manufacturing.
• Produce cut sheets and tech packs with specs and Pantone colors.
• Design belts, wraps, mats, carpets and packaging.
• Plan panel layouts for saunas and electronics enclosures.
• Lead packaging across all product lines including boxes and labels.
• Create dielines and print-ready artwork.
• Design supplement labels with regulatory elements.
• Collaborate with overseas factories and review samples.
• Create product visuals for sales and marketing.
• Design for cost, durability, and manufacturability.
• Maintain organized version-controlled file library.

Conoscenze

Product design

2D/3D CAD

Packaging design

Dielines

Technical drawings

Manufacturing liaison

Renderings

AI-assisted design

Strumenti

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Fusion 360

Rhino

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

KeyShot

Blender

Descrizione del lavoro

We are a fast-growing wellness and recovery products company hiring a full-time Physical Product Designer to take products from concept to factory-ready files.

This is not a role where you sketch concepts and hand them off to someone else. We need someone who can design the product, build the technical drawings and cut sheets, create the packaging, work directly with manufacturers, review samples, and get the product into production.

You will work across a wide range of product categories, including electrical stimulation devices (our current product, the Ultra Stimulator), red light therapy carpets, belts, and mats, infrared saunas, and supplements. Packaging design is a core part of this role, not an afterthought.

If you understand manufacturing, can produce clean technical files that factories can quote and build from, and know how to design packaging that looks premium and ships efficiently, you will thrive in this role.

What You'll Do

• Design New Products: Take products from early sketches and concepts through to production-ready technical files, and improve existing products based on customer feedback and manufacturing realities.
• Create Technical Drawings: Build detailed 2D drawings in AutoCAD and 3D models in SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or Rhino for manufacturing.
• Produce Cut Sheets and Tech Packs: Create spec sheets and tech packs that include dimensions, materials, tolerances, finishes, Pantone colors, and assembly details.
• Design Soft Goods: Develop belts, wraps, mats, and carpets, including pattern layouts, stitching details, fabric and material specs, and LED panel placement.
• Design Larger Structural Products: Work on saunas and similar products, including panel layouts, assembly drawings, heater and wiring placement coordination, and shipping considerations.
• Own Packaging Design: Lead packaging across all product lines, including retail boxes, inserts, mailer boxes, supplement bottles, labels, pouches, and shipping cartons.
• Build Dielines and Print‑Ready Artwork: Create structural packaging and dielines that protect the product, look premium, and keep shipping costs down.
• Design Supplement Labels: Lay out labels with required regulatory elements such as the Supplement Facts panel, warnings, and lot/expiry placement, working with the team to ensure compliance.
• Work With Manufacturers: Communicate directly with overseas factories and suppliers, review samples and prototypes, and provide clear revision feedback.
• Create Product Visuals: Produce renders and mockups for sales, Amazon listings, crowdfunding, and marketing.
• Design for Manufacturing: Weigh cost, durability, and manufacturability in every design decision.
• Stay Organized: Maintain a clean file library with version control for all product and packaging files.

Our Design and Production Stack

You do not need deep expertise in every tool, but familiarity across this type of stack is preferred:

• 2D and 3D CAD: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or Rhino.
• Packaging and Graphics: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Rendering: KeyShot, Blender, or similar.
• Prototyping: 3D printing, foam models, and sewing mockups.
• File Formats: DWG, STEP, STL, AI, and print‑ready PDF.
• Project Management: Monday.com, Notion, Asana, or similar platforms.
• AI Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI‑assisted design, research, and documentation tools.

Who This Is For

• You understand manufacturing: You know how injection molding, sewing and soft goods, sheet metal, wood, and electronics enclosures affect design decisions.
• You can execute: You produce your own production‑ready files and do not need someone else to finish your drawings.
• You know packaging: You understand dielines, structural packaging, print production (CMYK, bleeds), and finishes like foil, emboss, and spot UV.
• You are detail‑oriented: Your cut sheets and tech packs are clear enough that a factory can quote and build from them without endless back‑and‑forth.
• You can work across categories: You are comfortable switching between an electronic device, a soft good, a sauna, and a supplement label in the same week.
• You understand compliance: You have working knowledge of certifications and labeling requirements such as FCC, CE, UL/ETL, FDA, and Health Canada, or you are able to learn them quickly.
• You are commercially focused: You care about unit cost, shipping cost, durability, return rates, and how the product looks on the shelf and on screen.
• You communicate clearly: You can give factories precise feedback and explain design decisions to the team.
• You use AI effectively: You use AI tools to speed up research and documentation while applying your own judgment.
• You want a long‑term full‑time role: You are looking for a consistent position where you can own product design and grow with the company.

What Success Looks Like

• Products move from concept to production on schedule with fewer sample rounds.
• Every product has complete, accurate cut sheets, tech packs, and CAD files.
• Packaging protects products in transit, looks premium, and keeps shipping costs efficient.
• Supplement and product labels meet regulatory requirements before they go to print.
• Factories receive clear files and feedback, reducing errors and delays.
• The product file library is organized, version‑controlled, and easy for anyone on the team to find.

Not a Fit If

• You only create concepts and renders and cannot produce manufacturing‑ready technical files.
• You are only a graphic designer and are uncomfortable with CAD, materials, or structural design.
• You are only an engineer and have no eye for packaging, branding, or how a product presents to customers.
• You have never worked with a manufacturer or reviewed physical samples.
• You struggle to keep files organized or manage multiple projects at once.
• You are looking for a part‑time position or short‑term freelance projects.