Associate Product Designer (Bothell, WA)

Philips•Bothell, WA

2d•$100,000 - $158,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Associate Product Designer working on Philips Oral Healthcare’s solutions, you are part of a global multidisciplinary design team and will be responsible for designing oral care products and experiences that will improve people’s lives. You will assume product design responsibilities from ideation, concept, specification to seeing the design through to production and launch.

Requirements

Previous Internship or Project experience in an area related to Product Design or Industrial Design.
Strong affinity for designing with form, color, material, and finishing.
Ability to collaborate effectively with other functions to solve problems and achieve goals under tight timelines.
Proficient with 3D Computer aided design (CAD) software such as Rhino, CREO, SolidWorks or similar, and rendering tools such as Key Shot, or similar.
Bachelor's Degree in Product or Industrial Design, Vocational Education in Design OR equivalent 4 years of above related experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Creative and empathetic, enabling you to create appropriate solutions that solve business and customer needs.
Positive outlook, hardworking and adaptable.

Responsibilities

Translate commercial briefs into user needs, pain points, and design opportunities; monitor product trends and competitive landscape to inform direction.
Define design problems, success criteria, and requirements; generate ideas through sketching and ideation, and evolve them into cohesive concepts (form, color, material, finish, interaction).
Partner with engineering, interaction, packaging, and global design teams to ensure usability, feasibility, and alignment from concept through production.
Create high-quality renderings, presentations, and specifications (e.g., 3D CAD, CMF) and effectively communicate concepts to stakeholders.
Review and validate designs through critiques, engineering builds, and samples; ensure final outputs meet design intent, maintain documentation, and follow development processes.