Senior Industrial Designer, Ring ID Team

Senior • On-site

$128,600 - $213,600/yr

Hawthorne, CA

DESCRIPTION

Ring is seeking a Senior Industrial Designer to help shape the future of home security and neighborhood safety. In this role, you’ll serve as a strategic design leader—driving innovative, user-centered product experiences from early concept through mass production. You’ll anticipate challenges before they arise, define both short- and long-term product vision, and foster cross-functional alignment through bold thinking and hands-on execution. As a key contributor, you’ll proactively identify opportunities for innovation, solve engineering and manufacturing challenges, and ensure design strategy remains aligned with Ring’s mission to make neighborhoods safer. From sketch to production, you’ll unify form, function, and purpose.

Key job responsibilities
- Design Leadership: Take charge of end-to-end industrial design development, owning the creative process and timelines while continuously identifying opportunities to elevate design quality, user experience, and business impact.

- Strategic Vision & Brand Stewardship: Help define and evolve Ring’s long-term hardware design strategy. Champion a cohesive industrial design language that aligns with brand values, user needs, and global market trends.

- Mechanical Design Problem Solving: Collaborate closely with engineering teams to address complex mechanical design challenges with innovative, practical, and scalable solutions—balancing technical feasibility with design intent across multiple product lines.

- CMF Integration: Partner with CMF and engineering teams to embed thoughtful material and finish decisions into each product, proactively proposing innovative solutions that balance durability, cost, and design integrity.

- Engineering & Manufacturing Collaboration: Guide mechanical integration, DFM/DFA efforts, and supplier engagement—ensuring scalable, high-quality production outcomes.

- Prototyping & Validation: Lead fast-paced prototyping loops, using data and user insights to validate and refine design directions. Deliver compelling visualizations that support executive decision-making.

- Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive close coordination with global partners across design, engineering, marketing, and program management. Adapt flexibly to shifting priorities, navigating ambiguity with confidence and agility.

- Global Presence & Communication: Represent the industrial design function in cross-regional collaboration. Participate in early-morning or late-evening meetings as needed, and travel 1–2 times per year to key international sites for hands-on collaboration.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Industrial Design or related field.
- 10+ years of experience designing consumer hardware or equivalent.
- Exceptional 2D sketching, storyboarding, and visualization skills.
- Deep expertise in 3D CAD (including class-A surfacing) and design for manufacture.
- Demonstrated strength in solving mechanical design and development challenges.
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with executives, peers, and partners.
- Strong portfolio showcasing design leadership and end-to-end execution of complex products.
- Excellent time management and comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience owning product families or leading design direction across multiple generations of hardware.
- Hands-on experience with prototyping tools and techniques—from foam to functional.
- History of driving alignment and clarity across design, engineering, and product stakeholders.
- Background in connected home devices, cameras, or consumer electronics strongly preferred.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $213,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Amazon

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