Industrial Design Manager
Zoomcar - San Francisco, CA, United States![Zoomcar](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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What you'll do:
- Manage and inspire a talented team of industrial designers that create the best shared use mobility hardware – now and in the future.
- Personally create and present elegant industrial design work for compelling, mass-produced mobility products – with an eye towards manufacturability and durability.
- Provide design expertise to the Hardware, Product Management, Brand, and Executive teams, influencing product roadmaps, brand design language, hardware architectures, partnerships, and design processes.
- Engage with the ID team from problem statement or research insight through brainstorming, concept sketching, mock-ups, prototyping, concept refinement, and CMF to the final delivery.
- Think in future tense: what is Lime building 5 years or more from now?
- Create lightweight, rapid concept mock-ups for stakeholder review and develop great designs through iterative prototyping at our in-house 3D print lab and metal shop.
- Bring a seasoned and well-rounded approach to Lime’s development process, including: sketching, concept generation, image/graphic creation, design critiques, complex 3D surface development, rendering, CMF documentation, stakeholder reviews, and project planning.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new concepts and collect great feedback for iteration.
About you:
- You are a curious, organized and hands-on industrial designer that likes to prototype and test your ideas.
- You are a team player, eager to jump in and contribute to the team’s goals.
- You are able to successfully manage projects with nebulous goals and direction.
- You are an empathetic manager who enables members of your team to perform at their best.
- You have experience guiding beautiful designs through engineering development and ensuring that shipped products have maintained ID and UX integrity.
- You hold a high bar for excellence in industrial design.
- You are comfortable working with stakeholders to understand complex problems and make pragmatic decisions based on business impact.
- BA in Industrial Design with 8+ years of industrial design experience and 3+ years experience managing industrial design teams.
- A portfolio showcasing recent products you’ve designed (and that were manufactured) which displays a refined aesthetic sense, polished skillset, and a thorough ID process.
- Proficiency with Solidworks, Keyshot and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience developing ruggedized, transportation or micromobility products.
- Experience working with overseas teams and vendors.
- Ability to travel to Lime markets and factories in the US, Europe, and Asia as needed.