Senior Industrial Designer

Milwaukee Tool • Brookfield, WI

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About The Position

Milwaukee Tool is seeking an experienced Senior Industrial Designer to join its in-house design team. The team develops compelling solutions that address critical user needs and contributes to an expanding portfolio of advanced products. The role focuses on new product development and empathetic understanding of users, inventive exploration of form and function, and the interactions between users and products or systems.

The Senior Industrial Designer leads design work on strategic and complex programs, sometimes delegating and mentoring other designers. The role develops concepts through competitive assessments, field visits, awareness of design trends, and ideation, then communicates design intent through visual storytelling and study models. It develops concepts using 2D sketching, technical illustrations, renderings, 3D CAD, and appearance design proposals, which are reviewed through a phase-gate process to gain cross-functional consensus.

The designer follows solutions through pre-production, creating specifications for CFM requirements, product graphics, and UI. They work closely with process partners to weigh cost, schedule, and performance considerations related to construction and assembly. Collaboration with product management and engineering is essential, as is participation in project meetings and teleconferences and leadership of design reviews with process partners and design peers. The role also balances concurrent project workloads and mentors other designers. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in industrial design.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience designing in a product development environment.
• Demonstrated professional demeanor through a portfolio of product design and strategic thinking.
• Experience leading teams and individuals through design phases and processes.
• Ability to communicate design process through visual thinking, storyboards, mock-ups, sketching, rendering, and CAD modeling.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with consumer products or durable goods.

Responsibilities

• Lead design work on strategic and complex product development programs.
• Explore concepts through competitive assessments, field visits to identify unmet user needs, design trend awareness, and ideation.
• Communicate design intent through visual storytelling and study models to gain project-team acceptance.
• Develop concepts using 2D sketching, technical illustrations, renderings, 3D CAD, and appearance design proposals.
• Participate in phase-gate reviews to obtain cross-functional consensus.
• Balance concurrent project workloads and delegate and mentor the work of other designers.
• Follow solutions through pre-production, including creating specifications for CFM requirements, product graphics, and UI.
• Engage process partners to consider cost, schedule, and performance trade-offs related to construction and assembly.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering teams to deliver designs based on project objectives and design criteria.
• Participate in project meetings and teleconferences, and lead design reviews with process partners and design peers.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required.

Benefits

• Robust health insurance plans.
• Dental insurance plans.
• Vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401(k) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On-site wellness facilities, fitness center, food, and coffee service.

What This Job Offers

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