Industrial Designer Job at Lead Dog Recruiting in Irvine
Lead Dog Recruiting, Irvine, CA, US, 92713
Lead Dog Recruiting has partnered with a fast-growing medical device company in Irvine to find a talented and versatile Industrial Designer to join their R&D team. This is a unique opportunity to shape products that improve lives across domestic and global marketsblending softgoods and hardgoods design into seamless, user-focused solutions. Youll work hands-on with textiles, foams, plastics, and metals, while collaborating with passionate industrial designers, mechanical engineers, marketing, and manufacturing partners to transform bold ideas from sketch to full-scale production.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and present 2D and 3D design concepts for review and iteration
- Design, prototype, and test product concepts, materials, and functionality
- Translate Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) into practical design solutions
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align designs with performance, usability, and manufacturing requirements
Required Qualifications
- Experience with soft goods (e.g., backpacks, luggage, footwear, apparel, or similar sewn/fabricated products)
- Bachelors degree in Industrial Design (or related field)
- 6+ years of product design and development experience
- 4+ years managing or leading design projects
- Proficiency in Rhino (2D) and SolidWorks (3D)
- Solid understanding of materials and processes: plastics, foam, cut-and-sew fabrication, and basic metalwork
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to apply your industrial design expertise to meaningful medical devices that impact peoples lives.