Senior Industrial Designer
Bajaj Electricals- Posted an hour ago
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Job Description
REPORTING TO: Team Lead - Industrial Design
TYPE OF ROLE: Individual Contrubutor
LOCATION: Mapape, Navi Mumbai
BU / DIVISION : Research & Development
JOB PURPOSE
Creating innovative and visually appealing home appliances that enhance everyday living. This role requires a strong foundation in design principles, creativity, and an eye for detail.
As a Senior Industrial Designer, you will lead design projects from concept to production with a strong focus on Design IPR creation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design Execution: Create detailed sketches, renderings, and 3D models to visualize design concepts, and develop high quality prototypes to test and refine designs.
- Innovation: Identifying opportunities for new and innovative product design and improvements to existing products, ensuring designs are user centric, aligning with brand design guidelines and ergonomically superior.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure designs are feasible and meet project requirements.
- Communicate effectively with team members, suppliers, and other stakeholders throughout the design process.
- Customer Intimacy: Conduct market research and stay UpToDate with industry trends, consumer preferences, and technological advancements to inform design decisions.
- Material and Process understanding: Good understanding of materials and manufacturing processes to achieve design intent, cost efficiency, and sustainability goals.
- Maintain awareness of current design trends, materials, and technologies in the home appliance industry and document.
- NPD process: Understand each milestones deliverables and make sure the requirements are met
- Design Documentation: Creating detailed design specifications and technical drawings for manufacturing, along with maintaining and recording the entire design process for New Product Development (NPD) and Design Registration.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
B.Des/M.Des in Industrial/Product /Automotive Design, or an equivalent field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 5-10 years of professional experience in industrial design, with a significant focus on home appliances/lifestyle/lighting/automotive domain
- A robust portfolio demonstrating your design process, creativity, and successful products in the home appliance or similar sector.
INTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE
- Industrial Design team
- ED/AD/COE/Marketing
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Conceptual Design & Ideation
- 3D Modeling & CAD
- Form, Ergonomics & Aesthetics
- Color, Material & Finish (CMF)
- Prototyping & Visualization
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM/DFA)
- Brand & Trend Awareness
- User Experience (UX) & Human Factors
- Communication & Presentation
- Project & Cross-functional Collaboration
- Mentoring & Leadership
- Innovation & Strategic Thinking
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Key Skills
Conceptual Design Ideation
User Experience UX Human Factors
Design for Manufacturing DFM DFA
Form Ergonomics Aesthetics
Color Material Finish CMF
3D Modeling CAD
