Industrial Designer

ABOUT US:

Our mission at Santa Cruz Bicycles is to make the best bicycles and to have fun doing it. Since 1994, we’ve been doing just that, and finding unique and innovative solutions for everything from suspension design to manufacturing processes along the way. We are a global organization and one of many premium brands in the Pon Bike portfolio, the largest bike company in the world. We are humble but proud of our heritage, built on our commitment to quality products and our most valued asset, talented people who are invited to be themselves and enhance our distinctive and evolving workplace culture.

ABOUT YOU:

As an Industrial Designer at Santa Cruz Bicycles, you will work closely with Engineering and Product teams to develop commercially viable designs that maintain our brand’s design language and support our leading position in the industry. You will also be responsible for developing and evolving a premium aesthetic for future relevancy and competitiveness of our frames and components.

LOCATION:

This role is located at our headquarters in Santa Cruz, California. Remote work is not an option for this role.

WHAT DOES YOUR DAY JOB LOOK LIKE?

• Develop new, best-in-class bicycle frames, components and accessories at the initial concept level through to production
• Conduct market research to inform your design process
• Rapidly generate 2D design concepts using CAD underlays and digital sketching platforms
• Develop and refine 3D concept models using Creo, subdivision modeling and physical prototyping
• Create detailed design presentations and lead design reviews with project teams
• Collect, interpret and implement design feedback from Engineers, Product Managers and LT members
• Work closely with Engineers to ensure proper implementation of design intent on all SCB products
• Create production-ready CAD models and communicate with overseas vendors to achieve successfully manufactured parts and assemblies
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement accordingly
  
  

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• BFA or BS in Industrial Design, Transportation Design or Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of five years working as an Industrial Designer or Design Engineer
• Experience designing sporting goods and or performance products
• Advanced 3D surfacing skills, 2D sketching skills and presentation techniques
• Proficiency in PTC Creo or Solidworks, Keyshot and Adobe Creative Suite
• A deep knowledge of cycling, cycling culture, and market trends
• A deep knowledge of part design for a range of manufacturing processes (Composites, injection molding, machining, forging and hydroforming)
• Ability to create production-ready CAD models and drawings
• Passion for collaboration and the ability to provide and receive critical feedback in a productive manner
• Travel up to four weeks per year
  
  

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend and explain documents in English. Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, in English.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS FOR THE ROLE: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the overall duties and responsibilities of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the overall duties and responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use of hands and fingers, handle, or feel, reach above head with hands and arms, lift, push, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl, pull, talk and hear. The employee must lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Vision may be corrected within normal range. The noise level in the work environment is quiet.

SALARY RANGE: This compensation package will be dependent on experience, qualifications, industry experience and the interview with a potential range of up to $115,000-$130,000 per year.