Industrial Designer

About This Role

Designing the physical and human-facing aspects of next-generation dual-use systems, including sensor platforms, ground vehicles, and airborne effectors, is the core of this industrial design role. You will define and drive the industrial design vision across hardware and user-facing systems, balancing operational constraints with a cohesive product identity. This position sits at the intersection of industrial design, human factors, and product strategy, bridging the gap between engineering-driven development and user-centered design.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the industrial design vision across a portfolio of dual-use products, ensuring alignment with brand, usability, and mission requirements
• Translate complex system requirements into intuitive physical form factors, layouts, and user interactions
• Design for real-world use cases, including deployment, transport, setup, maintenance, and operation in austere environments
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and UI teams to ensure a cohesive end-to-end user experience across physical and digital interfaces
• Develop concepts, mockups, and prototypes (low- to high-fidelity) to rapidly iterate on form, ergonomics, and usability
• Guide trade studies between performance, size, usability, and visual design, helping the organization make intentional design decisions
• Influence product architecture early to improve usability, serviceability, and operator efficiency
• Ensure designs account for ruggedization, environmental exposure, and manufacturability, in collaboration with mechanical engineering
• Partner with marketing, growth, and brand design groups to develop the CHAOS brand language through physical representations of new products
• Create conceptual design proposals for new products and mission types
• Provide design direction and critique across teams to maintain consistency and quality
• Participate in field testing and user engagement, incorporating feedback from operators into iterative design improvements
• Help evolve a design language that balances high-performance systems with a disciplined, mission-appropriate aesthetic

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or related field
• 5+ years of experience in industrial design, with a focus on ruggedized, outdoor, or mission-critical products
• Demonstrated experience taking products from concept through production
• Strong portfolio showcasing shipped products (military, aerospace, industrial, automotive, or adjacent fields preferred)
• Experience designing for real-world use - including ergonomics, human factors, and operational workflows
• Ability to create and communicate design intent through sketches, renderings, prototypes, and storytelling