Senior Industrial Designer
Why You’ll Love Cisco
Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more relevant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' dynamic ideas impact everything imaginable - from entertainment, retail, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, inquisitive cities, smart cars, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means you will take creative ideas from the drawing board to powerful solutions with real-world impact. You’ll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with experienced mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your curiosity about connecting the unconnected. You’ll be part of a team that connects with its customers and enjoys having fun, and you’ll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be inspired.
The Team
The Product Experience team thrives at the forefront of design innovation, where changing norms and excellence is our goal. We invite you to become a valued teammate of the Cisco Wireless and Meraki Hardware Product Experience Team—a small group of designers shaping and revolutionizing technology.
As a celebrated member of our award-winning PX Team, your creativity will ripple across the entire Cisco landscape. From industrial design to packaging to user experience, our influence is profound and far-reaching. Originating from within the Cisco Meraki organization, we've expanded our horizons and are now setting ambitious new benchmarks for Cisco's design ethos.
Your role will be pivotal in advancing our mission to elevate the aesthetics and usability of our enterprise hardware products. We drive a concerted effort to harmonize Cisco's brand image across all product lines, ensuring our users' seamless and intuitive experience. Our design philosophy hinges on crafting solutions that are not just simple and professional but also communicative, consistent, and brave.
Roles and Responsibilities
As part of Cisco’s Product Experience team, you will…
- Communicate design ideas effectively via sketches, renderings, handmade prototypes, and 3D printed concept models.
- Use solid and surface modeling expertise to deliver adaptable and precise CAD packages to Engineering and Manufacturing.
- Create detailed drawings, CMF documents, and guidelines that enable engineering execution.
- Employ user-centered design principles based on customer usage research to create intuitive designs that improve functionality and user experience.
- Lead and chip in significantly to the design and development of product lines.
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to reduce costs without compromising our products' elegance and premium feel.
- Proactively share updates and innovative solutions with management and the team.
- Maintain a deep understanding of engineering and scientific principles to ensure reliable product performance.
- Mentor other designers, setting clear expectations and guiding them through the design process.
- Conduct brainstorming sessions and design reviews to enhance creativity and problem-solving.
- Innovate by exploring new trends and technologies and integrating them into product designs.
- Advocate and establish design guidelines, standards and processes.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the full product development cycle, overcoming technical and business challenges while upholding design quality standards.
- Safeguard and evolve our Industrial Design Language and brand identity consistently with our ethos.
- Use your design and engineering skills to collaborate on non-product-based side projects that assist other teams.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience in industrial design and/or mechanical engineering.
- Proficiency in 2D visualization, including sketching and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.).
- Mastery in SolidWorks solid modeling and advanced surfacing techniques.
- Additional skills in 3D CAD software such as Alias, Rhino, or PTC Creo are a plus.
- Proficiency in Keyshot and/or similar software for photorealistic rendering.
- Capable of autonomously planning and managing multiple projects.
- Proficient with multi-functional tools (Miro, Spreadsheets, Presentation software).
- Meticulously thorough, with a knack for maintaining high-quality work under tight deadlines.
- A proven track record of steering products from feasibility through to production.
- A solid understanding of mechanical engineering principles and part design.
- A standout colleague with keen analytical and social skills, able to navigate and synthesize diverse views into innovative, logical solutions.
- A robust and original portfolio showcasing a thorough product development process.
About Cisco
The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco and it's transforming our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. Today, we are forming teams that are expanding our technology solutions in the mobile, cloud, security, IT, and data centers, including software and consulting services. As Cisco delivers the network that powers the Internet, we are connecting the unconnected. Imagine creating unprecedented disruption. Collaborate with like-minded innovators in a fun and flexible culture that has earned Cisco global recognition as a Great Place to Work. With roughly 10 billion connected things in the world now and over 50 billion estimated in the future, your career has exponential possibilities at Cisco.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Compensation Range:
$144,800—$214,100 USD
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
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