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Industrial Design Lead Jobs

Company

Ford Motor Company
Address , Dearborn, Mi
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Expires 2023-06-24
Posted at 1 year ago
Job Description

Industrial Design Lead
#On-site
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. What will you make today?

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!




In this position...
The D-Ford Team is responsible for the end-to-end experience, including digital and physical design of new businesses, new products, and new services. We are looking for creative individuals to join us and help further the vision and mission of D-Ford’s team. We are committed to envisioning and crafting simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling products and services for customers!
The position requires demonstrable expertise in physical product solutions with strong visual design work, design sensibility, and articulate storytelling.
You’ll be responsible for concepting and sketching, designing low to high fidelity design prototypes, leading workshops, and managing asset production through the life cycle of assigned projects, pilots, and research initiatives.

What you'll do...
As a Lead Industrial Designer you will...
Know and love your discipline as a passionate Subject Matter Expert demonstrating senior-level expertise in the relevant fundamentals and tools while using them in modern ways and maintaining a desire to learn from others and grow.
Be curious, courageous, creative, and capable by asking questions, experimenting, and sharing ideas to solve problems and create designs that address real customer needs.
Demonstrate leadership throughout the entire design process from inspiration and research to building prototypes and communicating a vision - bringing to life integrated digital-physical experiences through brand, products, and services.
Inspire a project team to conceive, design, develop, test, and launch impactful new products and services, applying systems thinking to experience design that seamlessly engages people.
Identify design opportunities and actionable concepts that align with user and business needs, design principles, and technical capabilities.
Bring clarity and focus through effective communication of functional needs and aesthetic sensibilities while representing our team in an advanced product development environment and building relationships and with engineering, planning, and research stakeholders.
The minimum requirements we seek:
  • Proficiency in relevant presentation applications (PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar)
  • Senior Designer level experience in a consumer product industry, transportation sector or supplier, design consultancy, or similar field
  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite design tools
  • Proficiency with at least one 3D modeling software application (Alias AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design or related field

Even better, you may have...
Our preferred requirements:
  • Exceptional 2D application skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
  • Exceptional 3D application skills (Alias AutoStudio, VRED, Rhino, Maya or Blender)
  • Demonstrated ability to lead projects in a multidisciplinary team environment
  • Exceptional ability to translate customer and research inputs into relevant, highly desirable, and feasible product solutions
  • Exceptional communication skills through presentation and storytelling
  • Exceptional creativity and demonstrated inventiveness towards features and functional solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to build low fidelity prototypes (e.g. hands-on with cardboard, foam core, wood, laser cutting, 3D printing) and understanding of production methods and prototyping processes.
  • Exceptional sketching, visualization, modelling, and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated ability to translate design vision in animated story-form through creative use of digital presentation applications
  • 5+ years of Industrial Design or Transportation Design studio work experience
  • Exceptional product design aesthetic sensibilities
  • Experience building inclusive and accessible design solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to develop design proposals from concept to production

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:



• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage



• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more



• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases



• Tuition assistance



• Established and active employee resource groups



• Paid time off for individual and team community service



• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day



• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.



For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:




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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.



We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.



At Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combating COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.