Senior Industrial Designer

Industrial Designer

Kalamazoo, MI

About Re:Build Manufacturing and Re:Build Tekna

Tekna was founded in 1988 in the heart of Southwest Michigan where creative vision and hard work laid the foundation for a business that continues to grow in a rapidly evolving industry. The rigor and attention to detail that comes with designing for the medical industry has awarded us success in supporting both major companies and start-ups from early stage development to commercialization. The same principles apply as we've expanded to serve customers in a wide variety of other industries including consumer and industrial goods, electronics, and appliances. Tekna's project portfolio is incredibly diverse covering medical, life science, consumer and industrial product categories. Tekna is largely client focused offering design consulting, contract manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing services. Tekna's cross functional teams include Design Engineering, Industrial Design, CAD, Procurement, Production and Quality which offers a friendly and supportive team atmosphere.

Re:Build Manufacturing is a family of industrial businesses combining cutting-edge enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America's next-generation industrial company. Re:Build leverages deep expertise in operations management and technology to supercharge the performance of its subsidiaries by implementing core technologies across industrial platforms in diversified growth markets. Our goal is to help revitalize the U.S. manufacturing base over the coming decades, creating substantial opportunities for our employees and the communities where we operate.

If you like a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged with a diverse set of projects, we offer a great deal of variety and empower our staff to take on as much responsibility as they can handle, offering a helping hand and experienced-based coaching and the support of a highly competent team. Our goal is to enable our employees to achieve their fullest potential, and through our association with Re:Build, provide avenues for personal and professional growth.

Who We Are Looking For

The role of an Industrial Designer at Tekna is to provide solutions that address identified user needs, while helping our clients meet their business objectives. Solutions will be developed using a combination of the following tools: market, ergonomic and user scenario research, sketching, rendering, study models, computer models, and final production quality prototypes.

What You'll Get To Do

• Work closely with Design and Engineering Leads to scope projects to gain an understanding for clients' business objectives.
• Assist in the development of the work approach and strategy.
• Participate in and lead a variety of research activities.
• Possess and demonstrate a high skill level in fundamental design tools and practices.
• Maintain our customer's corporate look and feel based on material selection, color palette, specific design elements or form vocabulary.

What You Bring To The Team

• Bachelors Fine Arts (BFA) or Bachelors Science in Industrial Design (BSID)
• 3-5 years in corporate or consulting environments.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, written and verbal.
• Exceptional organizational skills and proven ability to meet deadlines.

We Want To Work With People That Reflect The Communities In Which We Operate

Re:Build Manufacturing is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.

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