REPORTING TO: Team Lead - Industrial Design

nTYPE OF ROLE: Individual Contrubutor

nLOCATION: Mapape, Navi Mumbai

nBU / DIVISION : Research & Development

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nJOB PURPOSE

nCreating innovative and visually appealing home appliances that enhance everyday living. This role requires a strong foundation in design principles, creativity, and an eye for detail.

nAs a Senior Industrial Designer, you will lead design projects from concept to production with a strong focus on Design IPR creation.

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nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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- Design Execution: Create detailed sketches, renderings, and 3D models to visualize design concepts, and develop high quality prototypes to test and refine designs.
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- Innovation: Identifying opportunities for recent and innovative product design and improvements to existing products, ensuring designs are user centric, aligning with brand design guidelines and ergonomically superior.
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- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure designs are feasible and meet project requirements.
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- Communicate effectively with team members, suppliers, and other stakeholders throughout the design process.
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- Customer Intimacy: Conduct market research and stay UpToDate with industry trends, consumer preferences, and technological advancements to inform design decisions.
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- Material and Process understanding: Good understanding of materials and manufacturing processes to achieve design intent, cost efficiency, and sustainability goals.




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- Maintain awareness of current design trends, materials, and technologies in the home appliance industry and document.
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- NPD process: Understand each milestones' deliverables and make sure the requirements are met
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- Design Documentation: Creating detailed design specifications and technical drawings for manufacturing, along with maintaining and recording the entire design process for New Product Development (NPD) and Design Registration.
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nEDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

nB.Des/M.Des in Industrial/Product /Automotive Design, or an equivalent field.

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nWORK EXPERIENCE

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- 5-10 years of professional experience in industrial design, with a significant focus on home appliances/lifestyle/lighting/automotive domain
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- A robust portfolio demonstrating your design process, creativity, and successful products in the home appliance or similar sector.
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nINTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE

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- Industrial Design team
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- ED/AD/COE/Marketing
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nFUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

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- Conceptual Design & Ideation
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- 3D Modeling & CAD
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- Form, Ergonomics & Aesthetics
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- Color, Material & Finish (CMF)
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- Prototyping & Visualization
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- Design for Manufacturing (DFM/DFA)
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- Brand & Trend Awareness
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- User Experience (UX) & Human Factors
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- Communication & Presentation
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- Project & Cross-functional Collaboration
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- Mentoring & Leadership
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- Innovation & Strategic Thinking
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📌 Senior Industrial Designer (Mumbai)
🏢 Bajaj Electricals
📍 Mumbai