Senior / Lead Industrial Designer

The Opportunity

Production Partners is looking for a highly capable Senior / Lead Industrial Designer to join our Shenzhen team and lead the design of products for international brands.

This is not a CAD production role. We are looking for a well-rounded designer who can think, sketch, develop concepts, present to clients, build strong 3D models and take products all the way through engineering and manufacturing.

You will work directly with Western clients, project managers, engineers and manufacturers — translating ideas into well-designed, commercially viable products that are ready for production.

01 THE ROLE

• Lead industrial design projects from the initial brief and concept development through refinement, CAD, prototyping and production.
• Develop thoughtful, commercially relevant concepts across a diverse range of physical products.
• Present concepts and design decisions directly to international clients and confidently respond to feedback.
• Create high-quality SolidWorks models, KeyShot visualizations and clear design presentations.
• Work closely with engineering, project management, sourcing and manufacturing teams to protect design intent through to production.
• Contribute to materials, finishes, CMF, ergonomics, usability and design-for-manufacture decisions.
• Contribute to the overall design quality of the Production Partners team.

02 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 6+ years of professional industrial / product design experience.
• A strong portfolio showing concept development through to real or production-ready products.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with US, UK, European, Australian or other Western clients / brands.
• Excellent spoken and written English, with the confidence to present and discuss design decisions with clients.
• High-level SolidWorks skills and strong KeyShot / product visualization capability.
• Strong conceptual design, sketching and problem-solving ability.
• Experience utilizing Ai for rapid idea generation/exploration and for the creation of high-end visuals.
• A solid understanding of materials, finishes, manufacturing processes and DFM.
• Experience taking products through prototyping, engineering and mass production.
• Strong communication, organization and attention to detail.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to take ownership of projects from brief to delivery.

03 WHY PRODUCTION PARTNERS? At Production Partners, our designers do more than create concepts. As a leading contract manufacturer, we take products from initial industrial design through engineering, prototyping, tooling and mass production. That means our designers see their ideas move from the first sketch to fully realized products—and play an active role in every stage of bringing them to life.

If you want to be where the world’s products get made, this is the place to be. Our office is in downtown Futian, at the heart of the region WIPO has again named the world’s leading innovation cluster. The factories, engineers and suppliers powering global hardware are right on our doorstep. Here, products can be designed, developed and manufactured with a speed and level of integration that’s difficult to match anywhere else.

• Work on a diverse range of international projects across consumer electronics, lifestyle, kitchen, medical and specialist products.
• Collaborate with experienced designers, engineers, project managers and manufacturing teams.
• Have direct exposure to international clients and contribute to the design direction of real products.
• See projects progress from the first sketch through to products being manufactured at scale.
• Stable, long-term role with genuine opportunities to grow and develop your career.
• Great office location in the heart of Futian, Shenzhen.

To learn more, visit us at https://www.production-partners.com/

04 THE IDEAL PERSON You are a designer who can move comfortably between creative thinking, client communication and manufacturing reality. You do not just make beautiful concepts — you understand how to turn them into commercially viable, manufacturable products. You are confident enough to lead a client conversation, curious enough to ask the right questions and technically capable enough to take the design forward yourself.

05 How To Apply Please apply with your CV and portfolio. Your portfolio should clearly show your personal contribution to projects, particularly examples where you have taken products from concept through development and into production.

Please Include Examples Of

• Concept development and sketching
• Consumer electronics or other complex physical products
• SolidWorks / 3D development
• Client-facing design presentations
• Products taken through engineering or manufacturing

Location

Shenzhen, China

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