Chief Industrial Designer

Role Description

Kimbal is looking for a visionary Chief Industrial Designer to shape the future of our next-generation energy solutions. This role blends customer-centric research, market insight, and cutting-edge design leadership to define products that are not only functional but also distinctive, reliable, and aligned with Kimbal's brand identity.

As the Industrial Designer, you will lead the end-to-end design of 1-phase and 3-phase LT/HT meters and rack-mounted devices, ensuring every product embodies simplicity, consistency, and innovation. You will translate customer needs and business requirements into minimalist, brand-consistent designs that balance cost efficiency, durability, and ease of manufacturing. Beyond aesthetics, your work will set new benchmarks for usability, manufacturability, and scalabilitypositioning Kimbal as a design leader in the smart energy space.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Centric Research & Insights

Conduct in-depth field visits with utilities and AMISPs, engaging stakeholders across levelsfrom junior engineers to senior executives.

Identify and quantify real-world pain points such as installation time, tool requirements, operational challenges, and overall user experience.

Translate insights into a comprehensive Design Requirements Document that serves as the blueprint for product development.

Apply a holistic warehouse-to-site perspective to ensure product design addresses every stage of deployment and operation.

Industrial Design

• Lead the industrial design of next-generation 1P & 3P LT/HT meters and rack-mounted devices.
• Define a minimalist, brand-consistent design language that delivers on functionality, aesthetics, cost, and reliability.
• Balance design innovation with ease of manufacturing, cost efficiency, and long-term usabilityavoiding unnecessary complexity or over-engineering.
• Incorporate user interface and interaction studies to ensure intuitive product experience.
• Drive initiatives that reduce total cost of ownership while enhancing manufacturability and scalability.
• Innovation & Market Leadership
• Develop design strategies that differentiate Kimbal in the market, aiming to establish leadership with a significantly higher market share over competitors.
• Integrate emerging design trends, materials, and sustainable practices into the product roadmap.
• Ensure all products meet global quality and reliability standards, with lifespans of 1520 years in demanding field environments.
• Continuously push the boundaries of industrial design to reinforce Kimbal's reputation as an innovation-driven, market-leading brand.
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related field. (Preferably from NID or top teir-1 institutes)
• 1015 years of experience in industrial design, ideally with high-volume electronic or hardware products.
• Proven track record of translating customer and market insights into successful, user-centric product designs.
• Strong expertise in field research, usability studies, requirement gathering, and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead small, high-performing design teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across technical and leadership levels.
  
  

Desired Skills & Attributes

• Strategic thinker who can see the big picture and deliver actionable plans.