Senior Industrial Designer

Lowe's Companies • Mooresville, NC

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About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to design and develop lines of products that align with the brand and design strategy, meet merchandising and business requirements, and are differentiated from competitive national brands. This includes responsibility for applying robust knowledge of manufacturing and trends, understanding the product life cycle and associated risks, facilitating a design and development process through production, working across the development group, and, overall, increasing Lowe's competitive advantage, profitability, and market share. Reports directly to Lead Industrial Designer for their specific category.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design
• 5 Years Demonstrated increasing capability in design
• 5 Years Experience leading Product Design and Development programs
• 3 Years Demonstrated success leading progressively more complex product design programs from concept through production
• Experience in relationship building with cross functional teams, collaborating with other designers or engineers through the design and development process

Nice To Haves

• 2 Years of prototyping products to varying levels of fidelity
• 5 years of experience designing in 3D (product design, environmental design, character design, architecture) with a working knowledge of related 3D software (e.g., Solidworks)

Responsibilities

• Support the processes and methodologies for the collection and delivery of design research insights
• Synthesize customer insights to frame key design opportunities
• Engage in prototyping, evaluation, testing, and refinement to ensure targeting solution set is desirable and feasible
• Use human-centered design methodology to create compelling design solutions
• Create effective 2D control drawing, 3D CAD and detailed product briefs that direct manufacturing vendors to correctly produce designs
• Communicate directly with suppliers and manufacturers, refining product and specification details to ensure proper product execution from conception to final product
• Work with design team to establish resource needs, deliverables, and deadlines
• Coach and encourage other team members to produce high-quality work
• Collaborate with cross-functional internal and external product teams to ensure design vision, intent, and engagement is maintained

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees