Senior Creative Technologist, Products & Experiences

The Senior Creative Technologist will work at Samsung Design & Innovation Center in San Francisco, which is opening a Computational Design Lab. The lab will use computational design, AI, and ML to solve complex design problems and create innovative products. The Creative Technologist will be responsible for identifying unmet and latent needs, discovering new design opportunities, and applying technology creatively to solve real user problems and create new experiences. The ideal candidate should have a creative approach, competency to design and manufacture while being consumer-minded, and strong visual storytelling and communication skills.

• Define new product platforms, architectures, strategies to architect and develop the best technical design approach and development of digital solutions and products while working closely with all aspects of the organization including management, engineers, UX/UI designers, programmers, SW quality etc.
• Drive platform research and experimentation, concept exploration, prototyping, and ideation within the creative process for crafting user experiences in software and services delivered through modern web technologies
• Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications
• Strengthen partnerships with internal stakeholders, team, and the business as you identify targets and strategic areas of growth
• Bridge the gap between design and technology by providing technical direction throughout the design process to facilitate innovation
• Lead prototyping of new concepts in both physical and digital design
• Work with User Interaction Workflow providing input into User Experience design
• Communicate with other design and business functions, have excellent presentation skills, and participate as an active member in creative workshops and ideation sessions
• Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to Team /Stakeholders/Management
• Have a differentiated point of view and innovative thinking on a variety of product categories to inspire colleagues
• Contribute to team development (at times making vital considerations for the team versus individual)

• Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree majoring in Product Design/Design Engineering, SW and HW, Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
• 8+ years’ experience in designing and building embedded devices, mobile, web, cloud-based applications or equivalent
• Expert in application and software service programing languages with deep knowledge in: Mobile (android), Web (java, JavaScript, python, node, html), Embedded (FreeRTOS), Analytics, DevOps and MLOPs
• Strong understanding of design thinking, design principles, and experience design best practices and their applications
• Understanding in data collection and data to design processes
• Creative approach and competency to design and manufacture while being consumer-minded
• Knowledge of current design software and techniques in both 2D and 3D and experience in tools for integrating new technology into a digital product solution with SW/HW product requirements
• Experience working with manufacturers to produce accurate BOM costs for production based on CAD data
• Identify new opportunities and business value for UX innovation and differentiation with technology enablers
• Broad engineering competence and in-depth technical knowledge of comprehensive software systems, as well as demonstrated experience of successfully planning, organizing and conducting software development projects in a dynamic or startup environment
• Develop new techniques and processes to audit technologies
• Hands-on approach, flexible & agile, and comfortable experimenting with a fresh, original perspective
• Strong visual story-telling and communication skills
• Self-driven, willing to take action on launching novel projects ideas and developing concepts from scratch
• Travel International and Domestic and work overtime when needed