Senior Staff Industrial Designer

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewJoin a World Class Design Team!
With over 160 design awards for products and solutions, our team’s purpose-built portfolio is recognized worldwide by the most distinguished and select design organizations such as IDSA, Good Design, and Red Dot. We are one of the Top Ten companies in North America for IF awards and recognition.
Who Are We?
The Experience Design & Research Team is a cross functional group within Motorola Solutions Chief Technology Office. User Centered Design and Research is the fuel that fires the next generation of experiences and solutions for our mission critical customers and users. The team consists of Industrial Design, UI/UX, Human Factors, Research, and Technologists who design for diverse and challenging markets. Police, Fire and Industrial user groups all have very distinct and tangible design problems; whether it’s the dirt, grime and high noise of industrial environments, gloves and turnout gear for Fire or managing intense cognitive loads during police action. Our team is exploring, testing and designing for emerging technologies that will define the next generation commercial, public safety and first responder communication solutions. Your designs will enable a Use Experience and total solution that can save lives in moments that matter.
What Do We Do?
Working to understand our customers' unique "jobs to be done" is a foundational principle of the CTO and our team.
- WE Research to find unmet needs...
- WE Envision an ideal future...
- WE Apply our expertise in user experience and design, user + human factors research, advanced wireless communications, cloud & mobile application architecture, cyber-security, imaging, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
- WE Design innovative end to end hardware and software solutions.
These solutions form the basis of many products and systems offered by Motorola Solutions. We also help manage Motorola Solutions Venture Capital investments and intellectual property across the company.
Job Description

Your Creative Tool Kit:

Must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited industrial design program. A Masters degree is a plus. A senior Industrial Designer is an established and productive professional who works independently and with general supervision. This position requires exceptional interpersonal skills and the capability to collaborate in a team-focused environment. Collaboration and communication skills are critical to communicating designs and outcomes with other leaders and decision-makers in a cross-discipline environment. An ability to appreciate and work with human factors and research to define marketing and user requirements. Sensitivity to culture and end users should complement a strong core knowledge of design. Problems faced are challenging and varied, this role requires the ability to influence others, establishing and defending user-driven and principle-based designs across multiple parallel projects. A senior designer is expected to analyze the problem to uncover the "real" issues about users, context, and environment. Judge concept effectiveness by linking to use cases, user requirements, and research data. Choose the right plan of action based on available information, timing, and resources.

Recent examples of our teams work:

• SVX Video Remote Speaker Microphone

• M500 In-Car Video System

• L6A

• H6A Dome Camera

Creative Contributions and You | Work Description and Skills 

• Create world class hardware designs in a fast paced environment.

• Uncover problems and develop them into ideas that become design solutions grounded by end user requirements providing a solid value proposition. 

• Collaborate with marketing and engineering to assure successful implementation of industrial designs. 

• Integrate effectively into a multidisciplinary group that includes cognitive and behavioral scientists, interaction designers, and human factors engineers and deliver to strict deadlines in a fast paced environment.

• Understand and communicate a user journey or product value proposition through various media, storyboards, animations and videos

• Quickly identify and create appropriate design concepts with follow through to production.

• Follow up with manufacturing and production processes as required.

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Basic Requirements

• Candidate must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited industrial design program or any relevant field. Candidate with Master's Degree will have an added advantage.

• 7+ years of experience as an Industrial Designer or related position

• This position requires exceptional interpersonal skills. A proven track record must be demonstrated.

• An ability to appreciate and work with human factors and research.

• Sensitivity to culture and end users should complement a strong core knowledge in design. 

• Strong 2-D visualization skills are necessary such as sketching, Illustrator and Photoshop. 

• A solid expertise in at least one 3-D CAD program, such as Solid Works, Pro E and Rhino or other similar tools are required. 

• Proficiency in video and animation (Adobe After Effects or similar) for story telling of either user experience or product attributes.

***Must provide a link to a portfolio or digital examples of your work when applying; otherwise, candidate will not be considered***

 Join us and Solving For Safer

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Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanYes

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.