Industrial Design Engineer (Medical Devices)

Summary:

The industrial designer is typically focused on the user experience, desirability, physical

appearance, functionality, and manufacturability of a product, though they are often

involved in far more during the development cycle. The designer brings specialized

competencies to an interdisciplinary team as they attempt to find solutions for problems

of form, function, usability, physical ergonomics, marketing and brand development,

sustainability, and sales.

Responsibilities:

● Responsible for defining product offerings, form development, human factors

and ergonomics, material selection, finishes, color, brand language and graphical

user interfaces.

● Support a product development team with visual communication in all phases of

the product development process.

● Act in the role of the product development team’s synthesizer, using a diverse set

of design tools and methods to create probes for the purpose of gaining valuable

feedback from the team and customers. A designer should be quick to action and

create concepts through sketching, visual storytelling, and physical prototypes.

● Develop and facilitate research to gain key end user insights for concept

generation and design usability validation.

● Actively participate in strategic discussions/planning regarding product

development and development direction.

● Inform the project team of key trends in design-related topics such as product

design, color, materials and finishes. Assure product concepts proposals are

inclusive of market winning attributes consistent with, or inspired by, global

design and technology trends.

● Manage the external design partners when necessary.

Qualifications and Experience:

● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Design or Product Design.

● Minimum of 1 year of professional industrial or medical device design

experience.

● Must be fully proficient in CAD surfacing and parametric modeling software such

as Solidworks, Creo, Rhino, Blender, etc.

● Very good Keyshot rendering and 3D visualization skills and experience.

● Excellent working proficiency with the Adobe creative suite (Photoshop and

Illustrator are essential)

● Good Industrial design sketching and oral and verbal presentation techniques to

communicate ideas.

● Must have excellent communication skills to lead conversations, solve technical

challenges, and mentor and facilitate discussions with other clients on design-

related challenges and innovative opportunities.

● Very good CAD model-making skills are required to communicate the product

look and feel of designs.

Location: BETIC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India