Industrial Designer

Milwaukee Tool is an industry-leading manufacturer of heavy-duty power tools, accessories and hand tools for professional users worldwide.

• Observe users on jobsites to develop understanding of customer requirements and gain inspiration for new product opportunities.
• Drive concept generation through brainstorms, competitive assessments, market opportunities and unmet user needs.
• Develop ideas through rapid 2D sketching, study models and 3D CAD while considering manufacturing and cost parameters.
• Communicate the design intent through visual storytelling to gain acceptance by project stakeholders.
• Thrive in a fast-pace design environment, with the agility to work between several projects concurrently.
• Apply fundamental ergonomics relative to the project. Evaluate concepts for comfort and usability through study models and mock-ups.
• Produce documentation necessary to communicate the design intent to global engineering and marketing teams.
• Create comprehensive presentations which outline concepts to multidisciplinary teams.
• Follow project through all stages leading to production to ensure detailing and design intent is intact.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design
• Minimum three years experience in a product design environment.
• Portfolio of product designs, demonstrating process through sketches, renderings, visual thinking, storyboards and CAD modeling.
• Exceptional professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Software requirements: Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro, Alias, Solidworks. •Demonstrate the ability to collaborate in a team environment and handle multiple projects.
• Requires occasional domestic and international travel.