Industrial Designer – Furniture

We are seeking a creative engineer to join our product development team as a Production Industrial Designer for a luxury furniture brand. This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering — translating creative concepts into buildable, production-ready furniture, components, objects, and hardware for new and existing product lines. Working closely with the design team and principals, this person brings both an inventive design sensibility and hands‑on engineering rigor to develop new product processes and methods, while facilitating and engineering improvements to the current product line.

Full-time

• In-Person – Chicago, IL
• Industry: Design

We are seeking a creative engineer to join our product development team as a Production Industrial Designer for a luxury furniture brand. This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering — translating creative concepts into buildable, production-ready furniture, components, objects, and hardware for new and existing product lines. Working closely with the design team and principals, this person brings both an inventive design sensibility and hands‑on engineering rigor to develop new product processes and methods, while facilitating and engineering improvements to the current product line.

• Document and organize dimensioned and rendered 3D concepts in a shared file system; update drawings and modifications through all phases of development.
• Assist with the Schedule of Materials and Bill of Materials (BOM); conduct CMF (color, material, finish) research.
• Program CAD/CAM for CNC fabrication (3- and 4-axis).
• Produce Solid Works drawings for approval on in-house orders; work with the product team to create 3D models and renderings.
• Maintain computer filing systems for all CAD/CAM and rendering programs.
• Support product development of furniture and objects — including cast, formed, and fabricated items — through concept development, hand‑sketched renderings, vendor and material research, mock‑up development, and design documentation.
• Organize and take notes in prototype production meetings; track follow‑up schedules.
• Assist the in‑house production team with rapid prototypes and full‑scale models (both hand‑built and CNC‑built parts); modify drawings as needed and engineer process improvements and solutions.

• Solid Works
• Fusion 360
• Photoshop
• Blender
• Key Shot
• CAD/CAM programming for CNC production

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design or higher.
• 3+ years of experience in industrial or furniture design engineering, ideally with high-end/luxury furniture and hands‑on prototyping or fabrication experience.
• Demonstrated ability to move fluidly between digital modeling and physical model/prototype making.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

This is an in‑person position based in Chicago, IL. We are not accepting applicants for remote work.

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Full-time Industry: Design