Industrial Designer - Defense Hardware & Field-Ready UX

Alta Ares; Paris; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Alta Ares, a defence tech company in Paris, seeks an Industrial Designer to shape Look & Feel across the product range. You will craft the aesthetics, ensure first-class perceived quality, and design for field use with gloves and rugged environments.

Expect collaboration across R&D, Production, and Marketing, delivering sketches, renders, and CMF specs, while refining designs from operator feedback and external partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an Industrial Designer on rugged defence/aerospace products.
• Experience from concept to industrialised product.
• Proficient in 3D CAD (SolidWorks) and rendering (KeyShot).

Responsibilities

• Define the Alta Ares product design Look & Feel and apply it consistently across the product range.
• Design the aesthetics of our products and give them a distinctive market identity.
• Ensure a high level of perceived quality: handling, transport, packaging and unboxing experience.
• Design for field use: battery access, carry handles, handling and deployment, operation with gloves.
• Build DFx into every design, collaborating with Mechanical, Industrialisation and Production.
• Produce sketches, renders, CMF specs, 3D CAD models and prototypes, and participate in design reviews through industrialisation.
• Turn feedback from operators, customers and demo teams into design improvements.
• Manage external design and DFM partners: write specs, review work and integrate recommendations.
• Support Marketing with visual assets for customers and trade shows.

Skills

Industrial Design

Product Design

DFX integration

3D CAD

Rendering

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

English

French (preferred)

Security clearance eligibility

Tools

SolidWorks

KeyShot

Job description

Alta Ares, a defence tech company in Paris, seeks an Industrial Designer to shape Look & Feel across the product range. You will craft the aesthetics, ensure first-class perceived quality, and design for field use with gloves and rugged environments.

Expect collaboration across R&D, Production, and Marketing, delivering sketches, renders, and CMF specs, while refining designs from operator feedback and external partners.