Job Description

Midea America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary within Midea Group, the Fortune 500 giant known for making life easier for millions around the globe. As the world’s top maker of home appliances, Midea is proud of its 166,000+ employees and presence in 200+ countries, including here in the U.S.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with an innovation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Midea America provides practical innovations that surprise and delight, creating moments to cherish at home.

Midea's lineup of appliances - from refrigerators to air conditioners, laundry solutions, and floor care are high quality, reliable, and affordable. By thoughtfully engineering performance, convenience, and design into every product, Midea delivers on the promise of every appliance.

To support this growth in the US, Midea is expanding its research and innovation capabilities at Midea America Research Center (MARC) in Waltham Massachusetts. With this objective, MARC is seeking a Senior Industrial Designer to help shape the future of design and user experience for Eureka!

You will be responsible for working with domestic and international R&D teams to help bring the cross-functional vision to life. You will be working side by side with our in-house Designers, Engineers, CMI specialists, Marketing and Sales teams to revolutionize the way people clean their homes.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the North American Floorcare projects, including design, User experience, feature development, collaboration, and the establishment of plan of actions with milestone tracking
• Responsible for product improvements for NA market, exceeding consumer expectations for Floorcare.
• Will complete design and development of new product appearance parts and functional parts as required in support of Industrial Design projects for use in consumer research/insights;
• Will work to develop technology and design for intellectual property development for Floorcare.
• Responsible for collaboration of structural design and improvement changes of related parts for NA Floorcare products.
• Research the field of design
• Responsible for identifying key trends and technologies focused on improving user experience
• Participate in research on related innovation projects and innovation methods;
• Work closely with the North American R&D team and the Chinese Overseas R&D team;
• Actively participate in technical project reviews and innovation research projects;
• Cross-functional cooperation with various internal and external engineering teams to jointly carry out project work;
• Collaborate with project managers and Floorcare R&D team on multi-generational technical plan roadmaps.

Required Skills:

• Collaborate with project managers and Floorcare R&D team on multi-generational technical plan roadmaps.
• Strong CAD skills, preferably in Onshape, or SolidWorks.
• Good understanding of product development processes.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing and product architecture.
• Extensive experience in developing consumer products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of Industrial Design experience within the floorcare or small domestic appliance industries.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or similar degree.
• Domestic and international experience.
• Strong eye for design and user experience.
• Experience taking consumer and leadership level feedback that influenced small or major design changes.
• Extensive experience working with cross functional teams to understand design impact in market.
• Working with remote product development teams in multiple time zones.
• Experience working on products with strict requirements set forth by cross functional Engineering teams.
• Extensive experience working in CAD and rendering programs like Keyshot.
• Experience designing products for modern manufacturing methods.
• Extensive understanding of material selection and how to adjust the design for cost and manufacturability.
• Strong ability to rapidly prototype in 3D and be hands on making iterative models.
• Desire to iterate on ideas using 3D printing and other modern construction methods.
• Experience working with 3D printers and traditional shop tools to build models.
• Goal-oriented and self-managed personality with strong entrepreneurial spirit.
• Proven successful execution for complex products that have made big impact in-market.

Feature Benefits

• Insurance package.
• 401(k).
• Work life balance.
• Comprehensive benefit package, to learn more, please visit Careers Page (midea.com).

Midea America Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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