Industrial Designer - On-Site, Connected Home Range

Kodu; Harlow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme

25 days holiday

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Kodu in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced industrial designer to lead the connected range, the new home setup system, accessories, lighting and cabinets. You will find problems worth solving through user and market research and run ideation and concept development through to a design proposal.

Form, ergonomics, UX, CMF and the visuals that sell the idea internally all sit with you. You’ll work with product managers, R&D and a mechanical design engineer, who takes your design intent

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating pure industrial design across form, ergonomics, UX, CMF and visuals.
• Experience designing consumer products that were manufactured and sold; consultancy counts.
• Upstream ideation: shaping briefs, generating and killing concepts, explaining design rationale.
• Strong sketching and rendering skills; ability to present to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own industrial design across the connected range, the home setup system, accessories, lighting and cabinets.
• Find problems worth solving via user and market research and guide ideation to a design proposal.
• Lead form, ergonomics, UX, CMF and visuals; collaborate with product managers, R&D and a China-based engineer.
• Work with a junior designer in the UK and a China team; help grow the design culture; hands-on when needed.

Skills

Industrial design

Ergonomics

User experience

CMF

Visual design

Rhino

KeyShot

Adobe CC

Tools

Rhino

KeyShot

Adobe CC

Job description

Kodu in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced industrial designer to lead the connected range, the new home setup system, accessories, lighting and cabinets. You will find problems worth solving through user and market research and run ideation and concept development through to a design proposal.

Form, ergonomics, UX, CMF and the visuals that sell the idea internally all sit with you. You’ll work with product managers, R&D and a mechanical design engineer, who takes your design intent