Senior Industrial Product Designer
In addition to maintaining high growth with our current product line, Bevi continues to invest in new product development. We are a design-led, fast-paced multidisciplinary team that puts the customer first in our journey to disrupt the beverage industry.
We are seeking a well-rounded Senior Industrial Designer to join our Product Team reporting to the Head of Product and Cofounder. As a Senior Industrial Designer, you will lead design and research activities from market research and customer interviewing, through concept development to product launch.You will collaborate with Product Management, UI/UX Designers, Engineers and Program Managers closely to bring to life future machine iterations. You design for our brand experience: innovative, easy and delightful to use, approachable look and feel, and thoughtfully designed for all our stakeholders from office drinkers to service technicians.
If you have the desire to work for a design-led company where the vision of the product leads the way and you want to have a large impact, this could be a great role for you! Please include a portfolio with your application.
Responsibilities- Conduct user research in the field on a regular basis with our customers to build empathy, gain insights into user needs, synthesize the learnings, and translate them into design improvements.
- Conduct research and stay updated on industry trends, materials, and technologies to inspire cutting-edge designs.
- Conduct up front competitive analysis and customer research on form factors, features and requirements specific to concepts we are looking to develop
- Lead the design of updates to our Bevi machine from concept to production.
- Develop and present innovative product concepts through sketches, 3D models, prototypes, and presentations.
- Collaborate with Engineers, Product Managers, UI/UX Designers and other departments.
- Ability to balance delivering on brand/user experience and delivering on business needs.
- Work closely with engineering teams to validate specifications with real users, and ensure designs are technically feasible.
- Work closely with project management in order to estimate and hit deadlines and ensure learnings are communicated clearly
- Participate in the development of product specifications and provide input on product costing and timelines.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in design processes and product solutions
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or similar discipline.
- 5+ years of experience taking concepts to production
- Interdisciplinary team experience, especially hardware engineering.
- Self-motivated, results-oriented, driven to continuous improvement, highly organized.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating a history of problem solving, good design sense, sketching ability, form development, mockup and prototyping skills, and user research techniques.
- Ability to understand and create user flows and think holistically about improving experiences across various touch points.
- Strong aesthetics, branding and graphic design skills.
- Skills in areas of consumer/user research and analysis, personas and customer journeys, ideation and brainstorming techniques, prototyping and concept validation.
- Excellent communication skills
- Thrives in fast-paced startup environment
- Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite and Keyshot rendering software (or equivalent)
- Project management experience is a plus.
- Understanding of the manufacturing process
- Solidworks experience
- Ability to travel or be in field 10% of the time
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
- 401(k) with company match, and environmentally responsible investment options
- Flexible PTO plus 9 company holidays, and additional paid days for sick leave, etc (including sustainability or social justice volunteer events)
- Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
- Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
- Wellness and fitness reimbursements
- Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
- Onsite snacks and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terracycling, too
- Happy hours, pancake breakfasts, Hero awards - and more!
- Join a team that shares our Bevi Core Values:
- Put Customers First
- Be Great to Work with
- Raise the Bar Together
- Act Like You Own the Business
- Be Curious and Ask Why
- Champion Sustainability