Industrial Designer

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In this position... 

About the HCD Team: The Human-Centered Design (HCD) Team is responsible for the endto-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 the HCD Ford’s team. We are committed to envisioning and crafting simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling products and services for customers! This position requires demonstrable expertise in physical product solutions with strong visual design work, design sensibility, and articulate storytelling. As a Designer, you’ll be responsible for concepting and sketching, designing low to high fidelity design prototypes, supporting workshops, and managing asset production through the life cycle of assigned projects, pilots, and research initiatives.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design or a related field 
• A portfolio or work examples showcasing industrial design projects 
• 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 (e.g., Alias 
AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender). 
• Proficiency in relevant presentation applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote, or 
similar). 

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree in industrial design, Transportation Design or a related field 
• 5+ years of Industrial Design or Transportation Design studio work experience. 
• Strong creativity and demonstrated inventiveness towards features and functional 
solutions. 
• Strong ability to translate customer and research inputs into relevant, highly 
desirable, and feasible product solutions. 
• Strong communication skills through presentation and storytelling. 
• Strong product design aesthetic sensibilities. 
• Strong sketching, visualization, modelling, and presentation skills. 
• Strong 2D application skills (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.). 
• Strong 3D application skills (e.g., Alias AutoStudio, VRED, Rhino, Maya or Blender). 
• Demonstrated ability to actively contribute to projects in a multidisciplinary team 
environment. 
• 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. 
• Demonstrated ability to translate design vision in animated story-form through 
creative use of digital presentation applications (including AI visualization tools). 
• Ability to support the development of 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, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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. 

This position is a salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $74,300-$166,200.  
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

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. 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.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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What you'll do...

• Contribute to Design Innovation: Design novel and unique experience design 

solutions to meaningful problems for customers, identifying design opportunities 

and actionable concepts that align with user and business needs, design principles, 

and technical capabilities. 

• Develop Prototyping & Design Visualization Skills: Assist in initial rough prototyping 

and design visualization methods. You will be skilled in initial rough prototyping 

("build to learn") with a primary emphasis on physical enablers, and in iterating 

design solutions based upon customer, user, and system feedback to meet user 

expectations and deliver successful outcomes. 

• Support Insight-Driven Design Solutions: Assist in creating design solutions that are 

deeply rooted in customer and user insights, expertly translating these insights into 

highly desirable and feasible physical product solutions. 

• Design Leadership & Vision: Actively contribute throughout the entire design 

process from inspiration and research to building prototypes and communicating a 

clear vision. You will help bring to life integrated digital-physical experiences through 

brand, products, and services, and collaborate with project teams to conceive, 

design, develop, test, and launch impactful new products and services. 

• Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking to physical experience design that 

seamlessly engages people through touchpoints along a service journey for 

consumer and business applications. 

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication: Bring clarity and focus through 

e6ective communication of functional needs and aesthetic sensibilities. You will 

collaborate with cross-functional teams in an advanced product development 

environment, building strong relationships with engineering, planning, and research 

stakeholders. 

• Experience Content Strategy & Feasibility: Partner to support the initial design and 

development of experience concepts. You will design and iterate key program 

applications of the domain-based Experience Content Strategies, confirming key 

experiences are feasible within program constraints.