Industrial Designer, Fi
$110-145k
+ Equity compensation
Smart dog collars
Be an early applicant
Smart dog collars
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-145k
+ Equity compensation
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To translate everything we've always wished our dogs could tell us, so we have peace of mind knowing they're as safe and healthy as possible.
Role
Who you are
- If you're excited to blend refined design instincts with playful creativity, collaborate across teams, and work on products that people (and their dogs) genuinely love, this role is for you
- 7-10 years of industrial design experience, ideally including consumer electronics or wearables. Expertise in 3D CAD (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar) and rendering software (KeyShot, Blender, or similar)
- Strong portfolio demonstrating both refined aesthetics and practical problem-solving, with a customer-obsessed and detail-driven mindset
- Experience designing for manufacturing—you understand tolerances, materials, and what makes something producible at scale
- Ability to communicate design intent clearly to engineers, vendors, and non-designers, translating between creative vision and technical constraints
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced, startup environments, working both independently and collaboratively
- Experience with packaging design is a plus
What the job involves
- Fi is looking for an Industrial Designer to own the physical design of our products, packaging, and brand experiences
- This role is a unique opportunity to shape products that dogs actually wear—every day, through mud, water, sand, and everything in between
- You'll work hand-in-hand with Hardware Engineering to design our collar products, but you'll also shape how customers experience Fi at every touchpoint—from unboxing to retail displays to the images they see online
- Lead industrial design for Fi's collar products, including device housings, attachment mechanisms, and accessories
- Solve design challenges that balance aesthetics, durability, and manufacturability—things like sealing connectors elegantly or creating intuitive user-replaceable parts
- Design packaging and unboxing experiences, including structural design, molded paper pulp trays, and insert layouts that communicate with minimal text
- Create retail packaging, gift boxes, and influencer kits
- Design collar display stands, retail fixtures, and event signage
- Produce renders and visualizations for marketing, e-commerce, and sales materials
Our take
For a long time, dog collars and leashes have remained largely unchanged. Fi was set up by a product team drawn from the ranks of Uber, Square, and Google to disrupt the stagnant dog collar space.
Fi's smart collars include tracking and monitoring features that give owners peace-of-mind. They can monitor, for example, the sleep and health of their furry friends. Plus, real-time escape notifications have already saved the lives of dogs.
With a tracking range that far exceeds that of its competitors, the company has seen promising levels of adoption for its collars. Fi continues to innovate, for example with the launch of the Fi Series 3+ which is the world's first AI-powered smart dog collar.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$7.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $41.9m
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Free access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Talkspace
- BarkBack Program ($500 annual donation to a dog charity of your choice)
- Free Fi Membership for your furry best friend(s)
- Gifting program to share the Fi magic with loved ones
Company HQ
NoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonathan Bensamoun
(CEO & Co-founder)Previously worked as VP Product & Engineering at ShopKeep, and was a Product Manager at Square.
Loren Kirkby
(CTO & Co-founder)Previously worked as Lead Engineer at DivX, and was Chief Architect at Dropcam (acquired by Google's Nest Labs).
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