Industrial Design Engineer

Bracket Bot • San Francisco, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Bracket Bot is seeking an Industrial Design Engineer to shape the aesthetic and functional aspects of their robots. This role involves taking concepts from initial sketches through to production details, ensuring products are coherent, intuitive, manufacturable, and serviceable. The position is hands-on, requiring the engineer to build models, test hardware, and refine design details. Bracket Bot is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• A strong portfolio of physical products showing your role and how designs developed.
• Strong judgment in form, proportion, detail, materials, and usability.
• Ability to communicate ideas through sketches, CAD, renderings, and physical models.
• Experience working through manufacturing and assembly constraints with engineers.
• Comfort building prototypes and making tradeoffs between appearance, function, cost, and reliability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with robotics, consumer hardware, or electromechanical products.
• Surface modeling, design for molding or fabrication, and supplier collaboration.
• Experience taking a product from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Develop the robot’s form, proportions, surfaces, and visual design language.
• Design touch points, handles, covers, controls, and access for everyday use and service.
• Explore concepts through sketches, CAD, renderings, appearance models, and functional prototypes.
• Define colors, materials, finishes, textures, and part transitions.
• Work with engineering on sensor placement, packaging, seams, fasteners, manufacturing constraints, and assembly.
• Work with suppliers to evaluate samples and carry design intent through tooling and production.
• Test designs with people and refine ergonomics, usability, durability, and perceived quality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed