Industrial Designer

what we’re looking for

the day-to-day

• Own industrial design across aircraft, ground-control equipment, accessories, transport, charging and operator-facing hardware. 
  
  
• Translate mission context, operator workflows, environmental constraints and technical architecture into physical product concepts. 
  
  
• Create sketches, CAD surfaces, mock-ups and functional prototypes to make design decisions early and tangible. 
  
  
• Work directly with mechanical, electronics, RF, thermal, production and systems engineers so design improves the architecture. 
  
  
• Develop a coherent design language across the portfolio, including form, material, colour, finish, labelling and physical interaction. 
  
  
• Design for field use: gloved handling, visibility, setup speed, maintainability, transport, cleaning, damage tolerance and low-light operation. 
  
  
• Support DFM/DFA, supplier discussions and the transition from prototypes to repeatable production. 
  
  
• Use user observation, testing and failure evidence to refine designs; join field tests and demonstrations regularly. 
  
  
• Balance speed, cost, ruggedness, signature, mass and manufacturability without losing product coherence. 
  
  
• Create design documentation and specifications that survive engineering change and production scale-up.

you should apply if you

• Have 4+ years in industrial design for technical, rugged, mobility, robotics, aerospace, defence or professional hardware products. 
  
  
• Have an excellent portfolio showing concept development through production, including constraints, trade-offs and physical prototyping. 
  
  
• Bring strong CAD and visualisation capability plus hands-on model-making and rapid-prototyping skills. 
  
  
• Understand materials and processes such as injection moulding, composites, machined parts, additive manufacturing and soft goods. 
  
  
• Can work at startup speed, accept incomplete inputs and iterate closely with engineering. 
  
  
• Bring low ego, strong judgement and a willingness to test designs outside the studio.

nice to haves

• Experience with UAVs, aerospace, defence, robotics or ruggedised field equipment. 
• Experience designing complete product families rather than isolated products. 
• Knowledge of human factors, maintainability, transport systems or field repairability. 
• Experience taking products through supplier selection, tooling, first articles and production ramp.

what we offer

• Portfolio-level influence: Define the physical product language across aircraft and their wider operating ecosystem. 
• Design with engineering: Shape architecture, usability and manufacturability from the earliest concepts. 
• Real field feedback: See products used, test assumptions and improve designs from operational evidence. 
• Visible impact: Build products whose usability and physical coherence directly affect mission performance and trust.