Manager, Industrial Design — Outdoor Audio

turtlebox; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turtlebox Audio seeks a Manager of Industrial Design to lead our ID function, own design direction for the Turtlebox product line, and grow a team of designers reporting to the Product Director. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and manufacturing partners to ensure our outdoor speakers look and feel rugged, functional, and aligned with the brand.

The role requires 10+ years in industrial design, 3+ years leading teams, and a portfolio showing CMF excellence and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial design experience, including 3+ years managing a design team.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong design craft, CMF thinking, and concept-to-production execution.
• Proven ability to build and develop design teams — not just manage workload.
• Strong cross-functional communication — you can align engineering, product, and leadership around a design direction.
• Genuine outdoor consumer — you understand the product context because you live in it.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Industrial Design Team: manage and develop the Turtlebox ID team; set design quality bar; hire and onboard future ID talent.
• Own and evolve the design language: define Turtlebox visual design language; ensure consistency across products and accessories.
• Lead CMF and color strategy: own seasonal CMF roadmap and color/storytelling with Marketing.
• Drive product design execution: lead ID on priority programs from concept to production; collaborate with engineering and cost constraints.
• Collaborate across functions: align with Product Management, Mechanical Engineering, and Supply Chain; present to leadership.
• Travel to manufacturing partners as needed to review tooling and production samples.

Skills

Industrial design

Team management

Design portfolio

CMF thinking

Concept-to-production

Cross-functional communication

Outdoor consumer

Design direction

Brand stewardship

Product development

Tools

SolidWorks

Fusion 360

Rhino

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Turtlebox Audio seeks a Manager of Industrial Design to lead our ID function, own design direction for the Turtlebox product line, and grow a team of designers reporting to the Product Director. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and manufacturing partners to ensure our outdoor speakers look and feel rugged, functional, and aligned with the brand.

The role requires 10+ years in industrial design, 3+ years leading teams, and a portfolio showing CMF excellence and