Industrial Designer at Ford Global Career Site

Dearborn, Michigan, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Industrial Design, Prototyping, Design Visualization, Systems Thinking, Stakeholder Collaboration, Communication Skills, Creativity, Sketching, Modeling, Presentation Skills, Adobe Creative Suite, 3D Modeling, Product Design, User Insights, Digital Presentation, Low Fidelity Prototyping

Industry

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Description

Contribute to Design Innovation: Design novel and unique experience design solutions to meaningful problems for customers, identifying design opportunities and actionable concepts that align with user and business needs, design principles, and technical capabilities. Develop Prototyping & Design Visualization Skills: Assist in initial rough prototyping and design visualization methods. You will be skilled in initial rough prototyping ("build to learn") with a primary emphasis on physical enablers, and in iterating design solutions based upon customer, user, and system feedback to meet user expectations and deliver successful outcomes. Support Insight-Driven Design Solutions: Assist in creating design solutions that are deeply rooted in customer and user insights, expertly translating these insights into highly desirable and feasible physical product solutions. Design Leadership & Vision: Actively contribute throughout the entire design process from inspiration and research to building prototypes and communicating a clear vision. You will help bring to life integrated digital-physical experiences through brand, products, and services, and collaborate with project teams to conceive, design, develop, test, and launch impactful new products and services. Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking to physical experience design that seamlessly engages people through touchpoints along a service journey for consumer and business applications. Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication: Bring clarity and focus through effective communication of functional needs and aesthetic sensibilities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in an advanced product development environment, building strong relationships with engineering, planning, and research stakeholders. Experience Content Strategy & Feasibility: Partner to support the initial design and development of experience concepts. You will design and iterate key program applications of the domain-based Experience Content Strategies, confirming key experiences are feasible within program constraints. Established and active employee resource groups Bachelor's degree in industrial design, Transportation Design or a related field. Designer level experience in a consumer product industry, transportation sector or supplier, design consultancy, or similar field. Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite design tools. Proficiency with at least one 3D modeling software application (e.g., Alias AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender). Proficiency in relevant presentation applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar). 5+ years of Industrial Design or Transportation Design studio work experience. Strong creativity and demonstrated inventiveness towards features and functional solutions. Strong ability to translate customer and research inputs into relevant, highly desirable, and feasible product solutions. Strong communication skills through presentation and storytelling. Strong product design aesthetic sensibilities. Strong sketching, visualization, modelling, and presentation skills. Strong 2D application skills (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.). Strong 3D application skills (e.g., Alias AutoStudio, VRED, Rhino, Maya or Blender). Demonstrated ability to actively contribute to projects in a multidisciplinary team environment. Demonstrated ability to build low fidelity prototypes (e.g., hands-on with cardboard, foam core, wood, laser cutting, 3D printing) and understanding of production methods and prototyping processes. Demonstrated ability to translate design vision in animated story-form through creative use of digital presentation applications (including AI visualization tools). Ability to support the development of design proposals from concept to production.

Responsibilities

The Industrial Designer will contribute to design innovation by creating unique experience design solutions and developing prototypes based on user feedback. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and launch impactful products and services.