Senior Industrial Designer, Razer
$100.3-167.2k
Office located in Irvine, CA
Gaming hardware and payment services
Job no longer available
Gaming hardware and payment services
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$100.3-167.2k
Office located in Irvine, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide gamers with the best software, services, and hardware products.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Industrial Design
- Attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and ability to implement changes rapidly
- Creativity and innovative thinking
- Expert-level knowledge of 2D and 3D design visualization and CAD tools
- Strong Sketching and prototype-making capabilities
- Excellent ability to visualize and present CMF concepts and CMF strategy
- Knowledge of materials, process, assembly, electronics, and production methods
- Excellent time management, organization & prioritization skills
- Excellent communication skills (visual, verbal, and written)
- Ability to work independently on multiple projects while managing competing priorities
- Ability to network and establish relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Negotiation and influencing skills as well as determination and tenacity
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and exploration
- An ethical and professional approach to work
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BFA) or equivalent in industrial design, transportation design, or equivalent field
- Travel required up to 30% (both domestic and international)
What the job involves
- The Senior Industrial Designer is responsible for delivering world class products, and pro-actively advancing the goals of the Industrial Design Team, from covering early product definition, concepting, development, to production execution
- Work with design management to define new products, project objectives, and design strategies
- Responsible for leadership of assigned projects as well as the mentorship of contributing lower-ranking designers
- Exercise expert-level design principles working within Razer’s design language, but also proposing updates to the strategy, ensuring relevance over time
- Conceptualize, design and manage the development of new products within Razer’s product development processes, leveraging communication tools and techniques in a manner that has a positive impact on the scope of work
- Use design software to create complete designs that will fulfill the project scope within the schedule parameters defined by product development team
- Work within Razers existing materials and manufacturing processes, but also developing unique differentiating solutions together with Engineering & Product Development
- Develop trend research as input to the creative process, to identify relevant trends, materials, and manufacturing processes to inspire CMF direction
- Visualize CMF concepts by using appropriate tools (mood boards, color matching, sketching, advanced rendering) to define and communicate CMF exploration in a comprehensive way
- Set priorities on all assigned projects and meet established deliverables throughout the development process
- Communicate design directions at a high level within the project team environment through excellent verbal, written & visual communication
- Understands Razer’s users, identifies design problems and develops solutions
- Work with cross-platform teams in Taiwan, Singapore and China
- Other duties as assigned
Our take
Razer is a truly unique, all-encompassing lifestyle brand for gamers, it not only manufactures innovative gaming tech but it also doubles as an in-game payments service, named Razer Gold. In 2018, the company also created a digital payment network for businesses and consumers across Southeast Asia.
Since entering the fintech market in SE Asia, Razer Fintech has become one of the largest online-to-offline digital payment networks in the market, tapping into Southeast Asia’s 430 million-plus unbanked and underserved population. Razer Gold has also seen substantial success, as it is one of the world's largest virtual credit services for gamers.
With this sort of creativity and a strong understanding of its market, Razer has been able to disrupt gamer-focused ecosystems around the globe. Its expansive catalog of gaming hardware ranges from laptops to headsets, to chairs - whereas its suite of software platform options brings in over 70 million users. The company is recognized as the leading brand for gamers in the USA, Europe, and China and is comfortably secure in maintaining that position.
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Company HQ
Irvine Medical and Science Complex, Irvine, CA
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Leadership
Min-Liang Tan
(CEO )Min-Liang studied Law at the National University of Singapore before founding Razer in October 2006. He has served as CEO ever since, alongside working as Chairman and CEO of THX.
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