Staff Industrial Designer, Audio Wearables, Devices and Services

Mountain View, CAOnsiteFull TimeStaff$188,000–$274,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

portfolio
website
Industrial Design
proportions
color
form
typography

Nice to have

trend research
concept development
manufacturing execution
mechanical design
materials development
manufacturing processes

Role summary

Google is seeking a Staff Industrial Designer for its Audio Wearables, Devices and Services team. This role involves designing industry-leading consumer electronics, from early concept to production, with a focus on audio wearables. The designer will lead design programs, develop presentations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, and UX Research. The ideal candidate has 8 years of industrial design experience, a strong portfolio, and expertise in areas like CAD modeling, sketching, and manufacturing processes. This is a hybrid role with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in industrial design.
Experience in design (e.g., proportions, color form, typography presentation).
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with the design process, including trend research, design strategy, concept development, and manufacturing execution.
Experience in mechanical design, materials development, and manufacturing processes.
Experience designing consumer electronics.
Excellent sketching, form development, 2D/3D visualization, CAD modeling, and graphic skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.

About the job:

In this role, you will design industry leading products to deliver the best that Google has to offer. You will shape the future by designing products that harness the power of Google to delight and inspire millions of people worldwide. You are a design leader who is passionate about improving people's lives through design and technology. You are proactive, creative, engaged, optimistic, progressive, open-minded and resourceful and you seek inspiration, empowerment, and challenge.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

Lead design programs from early concept through production, taking responsibility for creative output, schedule, and maintaining design integrity from start to finish, and keeping design leadership apprised of program status and issues affecting the team.
Develop presentation deliverables that may include research summaries, sketches, user scenarios, product renderings, and appearance models.
Represent the design team in meetings and presentations to internal stakeholders.
Collaborate with and inspire members of the Product, Engineering, UX/User Experience Researcher (UXR), Product Marketing, and Research teams to execute on project goals.
Mentor and guide designers on the team.

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