Industrial Designer, Robotics
Our client is a Singapore-based applied R&D lab building an open-source humanoid robot platform and the full software stack behind it. This role owns the form language and physical identity of the robot and its wider hardware family — enclosures, surface treatment, ergonomics, CMF (color, material, finish) and packaging — translating that vision into parts that actually manufacture, assemble and hold up in the real world.
What You'll Do
- Own industrial design across the hardware family: form, proportion, ergonomics and CMF, from concept through production-ready enclosures and structural aesthetics
- Turn mechanical and electrical constraints into clean, intentional design that doesn't hide the engineering
- Prototype fast in foam, print and machined parts, then iterate directly on real hardware to test design intent
- Own the CMF specification process — material selection, surface finish standards, color systems and supplier engagement
- Own design for manufacturing and assembly alongside mechanical engineering: DFM reviews, tolerance stack-ups, fastening, serviceability and assembly sequencing
- Design human-facing details — grips, handles, access panels, indicators and anything a person touches or reads
- Shape the packaging, unboxing experience and user-facing documentation for hardware kits and dev units
- Maintain design consistency across the hardware product family as it expands
Core Key Skills
- 4+ years shipping physical products — consumer electronics, robotics, medical devices, or similarly complex hardware
- Strong portfolio of shipped physical products, ideally complex electromechanical hardware
- Deep industrial design fundamentals: form, proportion, ergonomics and CMF
- Strong proficiency in 3D modeling/surfacing (Alias, Rhino, SolidWorks or equivalent) and rendering (KeyShot or similar)
- Real DFM/DFA experience and working knowledge of manufacturing processes: injection molding, sheet metal, die casting, surface finishing
- Experience working directly with mechanical engineers and contract manufacturers in a fast, iterative environment
- Comfort moving from sketch to prototype to production without needing a large team around you
Nice to Have
- Experience designing for humanoid/legged robots, cobots, or other electromechanical systems
- Experience taking a product from zero to first production run
- Hands-on shop skills: 3D printing, machining, moldmaking and finishing
- Interest in open-source hardware communities