Lead Industrial Designer

Key Tech•Baltimore, MD

4d•$90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Key Tech is seeking a Lead Industrial Designer to strengthen its design team with broad experience in product development and product management. The role spans diverse projects, from bringing a user-centered perspective to technical brainstorming and optimizing product workflows and user touchpoints, to designing functional and aesthetically compelling enclosures and user interfaces. The Lead Industrial Designer will manage design-focused projects and serve as the client’s main point of contact, while also supporting business development through client meetings and proposal development. Key Tech develops high-tech medical devices, so the role requires understanding how industrial design contributes to medical device development, particularly usability engineering and user experience design. The designer will apply a holistic understanding of industrial design in coordination with technical development, collaborating closely with engineers to solve design problems. The role also includes mentoring staff, helping develop internal design processes, and working with multidisciplinary teams to create products for medical, life sciences, and technical markets.

Requirements

5–8 years of experience with product design and development.
Excellent communication skills.
Experience managing projects and client relationships.
An excellent portfolio demonstrating strong core industrial design skills and understanding of the product development process.
Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
Knowledge of medical device product development and the role of industrial design in that process.
Solid understanding of materials and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

Create useful and elegant products for medical, life sciences, and technical markets.
Develop innovative, user-centered product concepts through sketching, visualization, and rapid ideation.
Conduct user research, including interviews, observations, contextual inquiry, and usability studies.
Translate research insights into design solutions.
Develop ergonomic product forms, product architectures, and interaction concepts.
Create CAD models, renderings, and prototypes to communicate and evaluate design concepts.
Conduct usability engineering activities, including workflow analysis, formative evaluations, and design validation efforts.
Present design concepts, research findings, and recommendations to clients and internal teams.
Contribute to visual design activities, including branding, graphic elements, user interfaces, and product storytelling.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve technical and usability problems.
Organize and manage design and user research work, including formative usability testing.
Participate in developing Key Tech’s internal product design processes.
Provide mentorship and guidance to Key Tech staff involved in design activities.
Manage design-centric projects and serve as the client’s main point of contact.
Participate in prospective client meetings and support proposal development and other business development efforts.