Industrial Designer, Professional II

Job title: Industrial Designer, Professional II

About the Role The Mid-Level Industrial Designer at Zebra partners with product development teams across all business units, including mobile computing, printing, data capture, intelligent asset tracking, and automation solutions. Designers work closely with engineering teams to integrate all aspects of technical performance needs—balanced with end-user and customer workflow factors—into high-volume manufacturing. In the era of AI, this role evolves to leverage computational tools and AI-driven prototyping to accelerate innovation and deliver AI-enabled user experiences.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate closely with Senior Design leads to visualize the vision, prototype, and validate design intent, and guide the development team on directions that build on user-centered design principles.
• Work on all stages of the design development process, from customer research and concept development to design validation and execution.
• Support the creation of design concept proposals and presentations for stakeholder alignment and decision-making.
• Create both conceptual and production 3D CAD models, ensuring the Design Vision is carried through to production.
• Engage with JDM manufacturing partners for production design activities.
• Create and maintain CMF (Color, Material, Finish) documents.
• Utilize AI-driven generative design and computational tools to explore and optimize design solutions based on performance, material, and manufacturing constraints.

What We're Looking For

• Passionate about design & innovation
• Strong collaborator who works well across disciplines
• Growth mindset: sees each project as an opportunity to expand skills, refine judgment, and raise the quality bar
• Bachelor's degree in industrial design or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of professional Industrial Design experience with major national/international brands (Handheld, Wearable, or Tablet development preferred)
• Strong problem-solving and conceptual development ability
• Excellent conceptualization sketching and ideation skills
• Excellent sense of form, proportion and detail development
• Solid experience in product design with ability to resolve 3D form language
• Strong oral, written, and visual communication and documentation skills; ability to operate autonomously

Nice to Have

• Expert level knowledge of NURBS-based surfacing tools (Autodesk Alias preferred)
• Experience with engineering software (Pro-E/Creo or SolidWorks)
• Expert Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and KeyShot rendering skills
• Expert in modern AI tools (e.g., Midjourney, Vizcom, Veo, Firefly) for ideation, rendering, and rapid prototyping

Compensation & Benefits

• Location: Onsite in Holtsville, NY with hybrid work arrangement (minimum 3 days in the office per week)
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Additional details on salary and benefits are not specified in the posting.