Lead Industrial Designer — Space Hardware

Starpath Robotics; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Health/dental/vision coverage

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Starpath Robotics seeks a Lead Designer to own visual language across a growing line of hardware, from solar arrays to lunar robotics. You will work hands-on in CAD, generate concepts, and partner with engineering to translate intent into buildable hardware, while maintaining a cohesive product family.

This senior role requires strong industrial design instincts and engineering fluency to guide design through cross‑functional teams and ensure design quality end to end.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of industrial design experience with a portfolio demonstrating hardware product design, ideally in aerospace, robotics, consumer electronics, automotive, or comparable domains.
• Strong CAD proficiency (SolidWorks, Alias, Rhino, or similar) with the ability to model and iterate concepts directly.
• Demonstrated ability to define and maintain design language across a family of hardware products.
• Portfolio required for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and steward Starpath's industrial design language across all products — form, surfacing, proportions, materiality, and detail
• Generate concept designs in CAD for new products and product refreshes, from early ideation through refined design intent
• Partner with mechanical, structures, and manufacturing engineering to translate design concepts into buildable hardware while preserving design intent
• Establish and evolve design standards, guidelines, and libraries that support consistency as the product portfolio grows
• Lead design reviews and act as the design voice in cross‑functional product decisions
• Produce renderings, visualizations, and design deliverables that communicate design vision internally and externally (investor materials, customer presentations, marketing)
• Own the visual and formal cohesion of Starpath's hardware — ensuring products from different teams read as part of the same family
• Push back on unnecessary complexity — simplify forms, reduce visual noise, and cut detail wherever it doesn't add value

Skills

Industrial design experience

Portfolio required

Cross-functional collaboration

Sketching skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Industrial Design

Tools

SolidWorks

Alias

Rhino

KeyShot

Blender

Cinema 4D

Job description

Starpath Robotics seeks a Lead Designer to own visual language across a growing line of hardware, from solar arrays to lunar robotics. You will work hands-on in CAD, generate concepts, and partner with engineering to translate intent into buildable hardware, while maintaining a cohesive product family.

This senior role requires strong industrial design instincts and engineering fluency to guide design through cross‑functional teams and ensure design quality end to end.