Industrial Designer - User-Centered, CAD Prototyping

Tait International Limited; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flu vaccinations

Extra sick leave

Onsite parking

Gym access

Social club

Job summary

Tait Communications is seeking an Industrial Designer to join our UX team, collaborating with product management, hardware and mechanical engineering to shape mission-critical products for global public safety, transportation and utility sectors.

You will drive user-centered design, translate concepts into CAD models with PTC Creo, and mentor junior designers while partnering with external manufacturers to ensure manufacturability and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree NZQA Level 7 in a relevant field.
• At least three years of experience in physical product development.
• Experience working with external manufacturing and development partners.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers, users, sales and product management to identify latent needs and frame market opportunities.
• Lead user-centric design methodologies and communicate ideas through sketches, storyboards, prototypes, CAD models and renderings.
• Validate design hypotheses through prototyping, user testing and customer feedback.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Contribute to Tait's design language to ensure a consistent and strong product identity.
• Collaborate with internal and external engineering teams to translate design concepts into CAD models using PTC Creo.
• Mentor junior designers and promote best practices within the team.
• Manage the technical and user experience aspects of packaging.

Skills

User-centered design

Independent work

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Visual communication

Team collaboration

MIL-std design

Education

Bachelor's degree NZQA Level 7

Tools

PTC Creo

Blender

Keyshot

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Tait Communications is seeking an Industrial Designer to join our UX team, collaborating with product management, hardware and mechanical engineering to shape mission-critical products for global public safety, transportation and utility sectors.

You will drive user-centered design, translate concepts into CAD models with PTC Creo, and mentor junior designers while partnering with external manufacturers to ensure manufacturability and quality.