Principal Industrial Designer, Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) team

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Industrial Design team is seeking a talented and passionate Principal
Industrial Designer to work on our next-generation of devices and accessories.
You will be working with a unique and gifted team developing exciting products
for consumers. The team is a multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists
engaged in a fast-paced mission to deliver the new products. The team faces a
challenging task of balancing cost, schedule, and performance requirements. You
should be comfortable collaborating in a fast-paced and often uncertain
environment, and contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating
leadership, technical competence, and meticulousness.

This Designer will be directly responsible for delivering all aspects of the
physical experience, from concepts and prototypes all the way to production.
This designer will lead and work collaboratively within a team of other
designers, researchers, engineers and program managers, creating a holistic
product experience at the highest standards for our customers.

A successful candidate will deliver world-class design solutions and have the
creativity and judgment to translate a customer centric design vision into
concepts that are simple, intuitive and visually refined despite underlying
complexity or constraints. This designer will possess an exceptional eye for
detail, form and proportion and must embrace a highly iterative approach to
design informed by the latest technologies and industry trends. Additionally,
this designer must be articulate and possess the communication skills to convey
proposals and specifications to other teams and disciplines within the
organization at all levels.

This position is expected to lead the most demanding projects, pushing the
limits of the Industrial design while collaborating with other discipline and
departmental leaders. This position helps advance Industrial Design practices
through deep understanding of the specific design field and related
technologies, identifying and mastering best-in-class methods and processes for
achieving creative excellence in current and future Amazon products.
Consistently exhibiting the ability to break new ground within the field of
Industrial design. This position may or may not have direct reports but
demonstrates thought leadership and influence both within their org and outside
it. As the senior-most individual contributors in their respective specialties,
Principal Industrial Designers are recognized industry leaders; their
professional opinions are sought routinely by colleagues and the larger
organization. They demonstrate Amazon’s core values and leadership principles
and have the skills to build consensus and share ideas that could be implemented
cross-company.

The Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) team leads user experience and
industrial design innovation across Amazon's device portfolio, including Echo,
Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Alexa.com, and related mobile apps. Our team works at the
intersection of design, product and engineering, creating meaningful hardware
and software experiences that enhance customer lives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field of study
• Experience owning and leading design projects, either independently or leading a team
• Ability to lead and mentor design team and more junior design team members
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Excellent sketching and 3D craftsmanship.
• Experience with 3D modeling packages (Rhino/SolidWorks), 2D packages (Photoshop and Illustrator), and 3D Rendering (Keyshot)
• Please include a digital design portfolio with your resume

Nice To Haves

• Mastery of fundamental design disciplines and a passionate user-centered design advocate
• Demonstrated ability to present a comprehensive design point of view through multiple channels
• Proven ability to prepare production ready data and documentation
• The ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and multi-task in an agile environment
• Excellent communication skills: visual, verbal and written
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes and industry standards
• Proven teamwork ability
• Demonstrate drive and confidence
• Ability to travel (domestic and international)

Responsibilities

• delivering all aspects of the physical experience, from concepts and prototypes all the way to production
• lead and work collaboratively within a team of other designers, researchers, engineers and program managers
• creating a holistic product experience at the highest standards for our customers
• lead the most demanding projects, pushing the limits of the Industrial design while collaborating with other discipline and departmental leaders
• advance Industrial Design practices through deep understanding of the specific design field and related technologies, identifying and mastering best-in-class methods and processes for achieving creative excellence in current and future Amazon products
• demonstrates thought leadership and influence both within their org and outside it
• build consensus and share ideas that could be implemented cross-company

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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