Senior Industrial Designer

Job Title:

Senior Industrial Designer

Job Type: Full-time

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT, on site only

Reports to:

Director of product development

Salary:
Dependent on experience

At Espiritu Studio, we bring bold, innovative ideas to life, building solutions that create lasting impact. Through deep collaboration across strategy, design, and engineering, we develop what doesn’t yet exist.

Grounded in purpose and guided by research, our team crafts solutions that are as thoughtful as they are transformative, with people at the center and the future always in focus.

As Senior Industrial Designer, you'll lead the Espiritu design process from concept to completion. You’ll combine creativity, technical expertise, and leadership to deliver products in diverse industries that meet functional, ergonomic, and aesthetic requirements while exceeding client expectations.

• Lead a structured process including user observation, experience mapping, and competitive analysis to identify and document product requirements.
• Create extensive conceptual sketches for evaluation and selection.
• Facilitate brainstorming and creative problem‑solving workshops.
• Develop models and illustrations to communicate scale, context, features, functions, and aesthetics.
• Define color, material, and finish (CMF) specifications and contribute to manufacturing tech pack development.
• Deliver high‑quality presentations and maintain clear and enthusiastic client communication.
• Validate designs through focus groups and simulated use studies.
• Perform basic project management tasks including maintaining project schedules and budgets and communicating risks to management.
• Drive internal design process improvements and integrate new technologies.

• A design leader, strategic thinker, and hands‑on maker.
• An example of ownership, reliability, ambition, and service.
• Passionate about building culture and elevating team performance.
• Experienced with hardgoods design; soft goods and medical devices are a plus.
• Skilled in designing for diverse prototyping and manufacturing methods (textiles, plastics, metals).
• Proficient in Solid Works, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Keyshot.

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (or 2 years directly related industry experience).
• U.S. citizenship or authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• 4-6 years of post‑educational product design experience.
• Ability to travel to client locations within the US: