Industrial Designer

Generac; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking an Industrial Designer III to lead design translation across sales, marketing, engineering and product teams. You will drive concepts from exploration through production while inspiring and guiding project momentum with engineering and marketing colleagues.

You will mentor junior designers, manage large-scale design projects, and explore new product categories to push the boundaries of visual brand language while ensuring consistency with brand standards across global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing for widely varying audiences and product lines.
• Ability to lead in phases of product development, translating innovation into concepts and bringing concepts to production.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, engineering and product teams to generate redesign concepts for products.
• Lead in phases of product development, translating innovation into concepts and guiding project teams to production.
• Conceptualize and design projects, contribute to Visual Brand Language, and maintain brand consistency across samples.
• Scope and plan large, complex design projects and coordinate with internal teams.
• Research new product categories and innovations beyond current lines and communicate to upper management.
• Lead brainstorming sessions to gather innovative ideas with various groups across the company.

Skills

Industrial Design

Leadership

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design

Tools

SolidWords

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketchbook Pro

Job description

The Industrial Designer III is responsible for interacting with all teams throughout the Generac global organization contributing to product development, innovation and marketing. The III Level will not only contribute, but regularily lead design translation and project momentum by helping inspire and lead Engineering and Marketing team members through owning strategic conversation, brainstorming sessions, renderings, illustrations, physical prototypes, 3-D models and other forms of samples.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing for widely varying audience’s (all Business Groups and ROW) and varying product
• Able to lead in phases of product development, translating innovation to concepts, working with project teams to bring concepts to production

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

70%

• Work closely with sales, marketing, engineering and product teams to create concepts for redesign on products.
• Able to lead in phases of product development, translating innovation to concepts, working with project teams to bring concepts to production
• Conceptualize, produce and design for projects as assigned. Assist in the creation of Visual Brand Language and keep consistency with brand standards.
• Scope and plan large complex design projects.
• Research new product categories and innovations outside of current product lines and communicate to upper management.
• Lead brainstorming sessions to gather innovative ideas with various groups throughout the company

10%

• Mentor Industrial Designers I and II.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must be able to create compelling, clear and focused designs that meet sales and marketing objectives.
• Demonstrates understanding of design principals, current design trends and branding excellence.
• Excellent skills in communication and creativity.
• Skilled in problem solving as work is both team-based and individual, depending on the specific project.
• Ability to multitask multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Ability to work closely with internal and external teams to create compelling clear design work.
• Ability to effectively use SolidWords, Adobe Creative Suite and Sketchbook Pro
• Must be able to create compelling brand standards, follow brand standards and understand how to adapt them when working on complex projects
• Ability to work independently from start to finish on multiple projects within a team environment across a large global organization