Graduate Industrial Designer

Job Description

Power Your Curiosity at PA

We are seeking a talented Graduate-Level Industrial Designer to join our fantastic team of researchers, designers, engineers, and prototypers at our studio in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, helping to create future products for some of the world’s most exciting consumer, professional, and healthcare brands. You'll be passionate about delivering meaningful design solutions that help our clients create world-leading and best-selling products and experiences.

Why apply for our Graduate Industrial Design role?

• Work in a truly dynamic and supportive team environment, with full R&D facilities, state-of-the-art studios, workshops, and labs designed for experimentation, creativity, and fast progress.
• Be part of projects spanning a broad spectrum of industries, delivering impactful, category-defining solutions that make a difference for people, business, and the planet.
• Guided by a highly experienced team, you’ll have the equipment, encouragement, and expertise to fully develop your concepts from early vision through to working prototypes and designs for manufacture.
• PA’s Irish studio is located in the beautiful ‘Garden of Ireland’, five minutes from Bray’s seafront and 30 minutes from Dublin City Centre—you’ll enjoy excellent lifestyle options outside work.
• Collaborate within a global design & innovation team, contributing to projects with colleagues across Ireland and internationally.

What you’ll be doing

• Participate in research and extract insights to inspire design solutions.
• Develop outstanding product concepts for consumer, professional, and healthcare brands.
• Design holistic user experiences, championing user needs and motivations.
• Apply a sustainability mindset to all aspects of concept development.
• Continue honing your creative, technical, and communication skills.
• Move confidently between craft modelling and digital design tools to optimize creative workflow.
• Collaborate openly with colleagues and clients, leading with creativity and urgency.
• Build compelling design narratives that convey brand values and connect with target audiences.
• Present your work clearly and persuasively to stakeholders.
• Stay informed on emerging technologies (AI, Machine learning, Generative AI, XR, etc.) and integrate these advancements into your design solutions.
• Research industry trends and advancements to inspire innovative design approaches.

Assessment process 

First Stage Assessments: 

• Application form 
• Portfolio review 

Final Stage Assessments: 

• Virtual interview to discuss your portfolio and experience 
• In-person interview at our Bray studio 

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• Excellent portfolio showcasing industrial design experience, skills, thinking, and methodology.
• Bachelor’s degree (or underway) in industrial design.
• Fluent and confident in hand sketching and craft modelling.
• Strong aesthetic sensibility and exceptional attention to detail.
• Empathy for user needs, motivations, and behaviours.
• Thorough understanding of three-dimensional design and skilled with tools such as Rhino, SolidWorks, and Keyshot (or similar).
• Proficiency across multiple design tools (e.g. Miro, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Teams, etc.).
• Ability to tune into brand values and craft compelling stories.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate and persuade.
• Solid understanding of engineering and manufacturing requirements.
• Keen interest in design trends, creativity, and emerging technologies, and their impact on design solutions.

The Offer

• Full-time, permanent role based in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
• Salary potential of €33,000
• Opportunity to grow your career in a uniquely creative environment, surrounded by natural beauty and vibrant city life.
• Supportive mentorship, continuous learning, and participation in a global network of design professionals.

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Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. 

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here. 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn) 

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.