Industrial Designer, Bespoke

RH Restoration Hardware • Grand Rapids, MI

1d • $80,000 - $95,000

About The Position

RH is a brand focused on taste and scaling that taste across a wide range of luxury home furnishings. The company aims to be a global thought leader in taste and place-making by creating an ecosystem of products, places, services, and spaces. RH values high-energy, creative, and driven individuals who are problem-solvers and team players. The Industrial Designer, Bespoke will be responsible for creating original designs and developing concepts provided by the Design Leader and President of Bespoke. This role involves close collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams to bring concepts to production, balancing aesthetics, function, cost, and usability to meet customer needs and business goals. The designer will provide prototyping and rendering support, and create detailed design packages for engineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years in furniture experience, preferably in high end residential or contract furnishings
• Portfolio of original work, demonstrated success in developing high end residential furniture, preferred.
• Bachelors in Industrial Design or comparable degree
• Highly skilled in sketching, rendering and design software
• Strong communication skills both written and spoken

Responsibilities

• Create original pieces for Bespoke
• Consult with clients, business president, Design Leader, RH product teams, etc to determine requirements for designs
• Research the various ways a particular product might be used and innovate in both function and aesthetics based on those learnings
• Sketch ideas, create renderings to help refine and rapidly iterate through design ideas
• Create final models for engineering
• Optimize options and materials to increase the craft/quality of our designs while optimizing cost, environmental impact and weight
• Create physical prototypes through 3D printing, model shops and manufacturing
• Work with Engineering to evaluate product safety, appearance, function and cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior