Industrial/CMF Designer in consumer electronics

Would you like to make the most of your creativity and help shape the future of on body audio and in room audio and video products and experiences?

Join Jabra, a part of GN.
We continuously strive to create experiences that make life sound better. And with our growing design driven agenda, and through our amazing earbuds, headphones and other intelligent audio and video solutions we are ready to challenge the biggest brands within consumer and professional electronics with solutions that sound, look and feel even better.

“Our products have such a privileged place on people’s bodies, and in the places they live and work.”

– Iain Pottie, Global Director of Product Design.

This is why we are establishing our world class Jabra Design team in Ballerup, north west of Copenhagen, charged with concepting our future portfolio and design processes and crafting pioneering designs with a strong focus on experience led design, color, materials and ergonomics.

Ideate, design, and develop…
With the goal of delivering innovative product designs, you will be involved end-to-end in the design process. As such, you will consider everything from aesthetics to costs, and from manufacturability to usability, including materials and color led approach to the designs of our future products, as you:

• Develop product design ideas - alongside the Head of Design, Product Management, R&D and Brand/Marketing.
• Research and explore demographics on consumer product use and user needs, physical design and new color and materials technologies and trends as well as contextual trends
• Working between industrial design and colors and materials, creating designs with inspiring and relevant materials, technology and color schemes, product pattern designs and production technologies.
• Create and present preliminary illustrations and storyboards of product concepts for feedback
• Refine designs and create virtual models of products using CAD software
• Create 3D printed prototypes to evaluate their practicality
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to determine production feasibility and cost
• Create CAID instructions for our manufacturing equipment and present them to the manufacturing department

Industrial designer with an understanding of color, materials and consumer electronics
As a creative soul with a love for fashion and aesthetics, you are happy to roll up your own sleeves to do some hands-on research and create visionary, innovative designs with great attention to details and trends.

You are also highly collaborative by nature, driving you to seek and build strong strategic partnerships across functions. Will be quite task-oriented and focused on delivering the ideas, data and solutions that are vital to the success of our design projects.

Contribute to our brand thinking and design strategy
As a member of this team, and the broader Product Development community at Jabra, you will have the opportunity to work in a cross disciplinary dynamic, with sound/engineering professionals, Product Management, Marketing and Brand Teams, Experience and Digital Creatives, as well as an experienced Industrial Design team. You will have the opportunity to contribute to future revolutions with our Global Director of Product Design, Iain Pottie at the helm.

Furthermore, you:

• Have 3+ years of experience with industrial design and consumer electronics technology
• Hold a degree in industrial design, or related.
• Possess knowledge of industrial design techniques and tools involved in the production of consumer and wearable electronics – knowledge of engineering for mobile electronic devices is a plus
• Are ready to work on consumer and professional electronics products, and the associated materials process technologies for manufacturing – experience within the field is a plus
• Are skilled in articulating/elaborating design details and materials technology through visualization using design software
• Have robust CAD/CAID and 3D Rendering/visualization skills – Creo, Autodesk, Solid works, Rhino and keyshot, etc

We encourage you to apply
Even if you don’t match all the above-mentioned skills, we will gladly receive your application if you think you have transferrable skills. We highly value a mindset, motivation, and energy, that aligns with our core values, to not only ensure success for you, but for your team and the wider GN organization as well.

We are dedicated to an inclusive recruitment process
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. As such, we encourage you to submit your CV without a photo to ensure an equal and fair application process.

Should you have any special requirements for the Interview please let the hiring manager upon accepting invitation to interview.

How to apply?
Use the ‘APPLY’ link no later than April 30th, 2024. Applications are assessed on a continuous basis, so don’t wait to send yours.

On a time crunch? Feel free to only submit your up-to-date CV including a few sentences outlining your motivation for applying – quick and easy.

Join us in bringing people closer
GN brings people closer through our leading intelligent hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions. Inspired by people and driven by innovation, we deliver technology that enhance the senses of hearing and sight. We help people with hearing loss overcome real-life challenges, improve communication and collaboration for businesses, and provide great experiences for audio and gaming enthusiasts.

We hope you will join us on this journey and look forward to receiving your application.
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Location: Ballerup