Industrial Designer

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Comprehensive health insurance

401k retirement benefits with employer match

Learning and wellness stipends

Paid time off

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, California is seeking an experienced Industrial Designer to join their design team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing hardware design themes, building prototypes, and working collaboratively with software engineers to address complex workflows.

The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of industrial design experience, particularly in technical environments, and a strong foundation in human factors. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including equity options and comprehensive insurance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Industrial design experience.
• Prototyped and developed hardware for software in fast-paced environments.
• Strong ability to create user-friendly designs from complex engineering constraints.

Responsibilities

• Develop design themes for hardware concepts from sketch to production.
• Build and iterate physical prototypes.
• Create and communicate design intent through various mediums.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex engineering challenges.

Skills

Industrial design experience

Prototyping hardware for software

Human factors understanding

User-friendly design capability

Ability to work with incomplete information

Education

Bachelor's in Human-Computer Interaction or related field

Job description

Industrial Designer

Sunnyvale, California, United States

About The Role

As our first Industrial Designer on Applied Intuition's design team, your role will be to understand and solve the deeply complex workflows of our users — software engineers who develop autonomous machines and develop corresponding hardware. Designers at Applied Intuition are highly collaborative while also being individually responsible for business critical objectives.

At Applied Intuition, You Will:

• Develop design themes for hardware concepts from sketch, prototype, to production
• Build and iterate physical prototypes to inform product architecture with human factors in mind
• Work quickly to ship new features in 5 week release cycles
• Create and communicate design intent through sketches, CAD, prototypes, CMF strategy and design documentation
• Collaborate closely with PM, Eng, and BD for highly technical and complex engineering challenges

We're Looking For Someone Who Has:

• 6+ years of Industrial design experience
• Prototyped and developed hardware for software in fast‑paced, technical environments
• Keen sense of human factors
• Ability to take complex engineering constraints and make user‑friendly and intuitive designs
• Strong ability to hit the ground running with incomplete feature scopes and fragmented information
• Bachelors in Human‑Computer Interaction, or related design field

Nice To Have:

• Prior startup experience
• Prior Robotics, Drone, or related experience

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.