Lead Industrial Designer: Shape Connected Hardware & UX

dot. cards; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite in Culver City, CA

Job summary

dot.cards in Culver City, CA is seeking a Lead Industrial Designer to own the industrial design of our physical product lineup—from NFC cards to wearables and packaging. You will shape a cohesive design language, guide external partners, and stay hands-on from concept through production to ensure products are intuitive and manufacturable.

Collaborating with product, software, engineering, and manufacturing teams, you will set the design direction, run reviews, and grow reusable design systems as

Qualifications

• 8+ years in industrial design for consumer products.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating form, materials, usability.
• Experience leading design across a product family.
• Hands-on CAD, surfacing, rendering, and physical prototyping.
• Experience with overseas manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

• Own industrial design across the full portfolio, balancing new product development with improvements to existing products, accessories, and packaging.
• Define and evolve a recognizable dot.cards design language across form, proportions, colors, materials, finishes, and physical interactions.
• Partner with the Product team to shape the hardware roadmap, using customer insight and commercial judgment to prioritize new concepts and line extensions.
• Work closely with mechanical and electrical engineers and manufacturing partners on component integration, tooling, assembly, and design for manufacturability while preserving design intent.
• Lead design reviews of factory samples from prototype through tooling and production, resolving material, construction, and finish issues.

Skills

Industrial design

Portfolio leadership

CAD modeling

Renderings

Prototyping

Design for manufacturability

Cross-functional collaboration

Overseas manufacturing experience

Tools

SolidWorks

Rhino

KeyShot

Job description

dot.cards in Culver City, CA is seeking a Lead Industrial Designer to own the industrial design of our physical product lineup—from NFC cards to wearables and packaging. You will shape a cohesive design language, guide external partners, and stay hands-on from concept through production to ensure products are intuitive and manufacturable.

Collaborating with product, software, engineering, and manufacturing teams, you will set the design direction, run reviews, and grow reusable design systems as