Industrial Design Engineer Position

Avadium believes in being a leader in the consulting world. We look for exceptional and talented people who are creative problem solvers and innovators with an entrepreneurial spirit. We look for the best to join our team.

Industrial Design Engineer Job Description

Role Summary: Avadium Design works with some of the world's best-known brands. Our dynamic team, located in Scottsdale, Arizona is passionate about creating innovative products through a user centered design approach. At Avadium you will work closely with product management, consumer insights and engineering to generate unique solutions that solve unique design projects. As a member of the Industrial Design team you will have the opportunity to work across brands and categories in the consumer and commercial industries. The fast-paced work is rewarding and covers an entire range of projects from startups to fortune 100 level clients.

As a critical part of the Industrial Design team, this Industrial Design Engineer will be a key contributor for breakthrough ideas. You will work directly with management to ensure products meet performance standards, quality expectations and adhere to the essential criteria defined in project briefs. This highly creative and technically proficient individual must be able to challenge paradigms and iteratively create diverse concepts in parallel. After concepts have been vetted for their technical and commercial opportunity, you will build refined, high quality Solidworks models to be utilized for in-depth user research, prototyping and manufacturing ready CAD files. The perfect candidate for this role has an entrepreneurial mindset, a highly developed technical aptitude, and the ability to take constructive feedback while working collaboratively.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lean and support product design throughout concept development to manufacturing

• Work with development partners to deliver transformative innovations that can be commercialized

• Create mechanical solutions that enhance performance and improve the user experience

• Design product architecture through mechanical design solutions

• Engineer solutions that are manufacturable and within cost guidelines

• Physically build proof-of-concept mock-ups, mechanical subsystems or complete assemblies to evaluate usability and performance

• Understand, troubleshoot and prove out manufacturing methods

• Self-motivated and detail orientated person

• Generate CAD models and assemblies to evaluate and conceptualize how a product will be constructed

• Revise and modify existing CAD files as required throughout the development process

• Utilize current test methods and develop new methods as needed to validate performance

• Manage multiple projects in parallel

 

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering or related field

• 5 + years designing manufactured consumer goods

• Experience and proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and digital sketching software

• 5 + years CAD experience (Solidworks preferred) and 3D rendering with Keyshot

• Highly capable problem solver and creative thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset

• Practical hands-on fabrication skills (hand-tools, power-tools, saws, drill-presses, grinders, etc.)

• Experience building functional prototypes to test and validate concepts with team members and end users

• Experience with consumer facing product development

• Experience in product manufacturing and injection molded part design

• Effective verbal and visual communication skills

• Capable of collaborating with multiple disciplines including mechanical, electrical and systems engineering

• Highly effective at prioritizing tasks and managing deadlines

• Experience with Asian manufacturing is preferred

 

 Please send resumes and portfolios to careers@avadiumdesign.com