Industrial Designer (Product Designer & CAD Specialist)

About Foundation Wellness

Located in Wadsworth, Ohio, Foundation Wellness is a leading manufacturer of health, wellness, and safety products. Manufacturing our own portfolio of brands, as well as Custom Engineered solutions for other business including retail and military. Trusted for over 90 years, we are PE backed and rapidly growing.

Why Join Us?

• Medical, dental, vision offered day 1
• HSA/ FSA
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• High growth company and US manufacturing

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Location : Hybrid, onsite minimum 2 days / week in Wadsworth, Ohio.

Reports to: Innovation Manager

Role Overview

A newly created role, the Industrial Designer (Product Designer & CAD Specialist) will support the full product development lifecycle by transforming early concepts into detailed CAD models, illustrations, and prototype-ready files. This role collaborates closely with Innovation, Engineering, and QC to execute high-quality design work that accelerates new product development. This role will contribute to modeling, prototyping, visualization, and technical documentation to ensure concepts move efficiently toward prototyping and commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with light research (competitive scans, insights, tech constraints) to help frame design directions.
• Participate actively in ideation sessions, providing visual and technical design support.
• Develop sketches, storyboards, renderings, and concept visualizations to communicate product intent.
• Create and refine CAD models, 2D drawings, and 3D assemblies to support active product development.
• Translate early concepts into feasible, manufacturable design directions through collaboration with Innovation and Engineering teams.
• Support prototype creation through file prep, rapid iteration, and troubleshooting during build phases.
• Update and revise models, drawings, and specs based on feedback across Innovation, Ops, Marketing, Engineering and QC.
• Partner closely with the Plant Engineer to offload modeling tasks and accelerate engineering throughput.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in Industrial Design, Product Design, or CAD-focused Mechanical Design.
• Experience in consumer products or manufacturing environments preferred
• Proven ability to translate early concepts into detailed, manufacturable designs and work within cross-functional product development teams
• Bachelors degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Hands-on experience with prototyping and iteration
• Strong concept visualization (sketching, storyboarding, rendering)
• Advanced 3D CAD modeling and 2D drawing creation