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Job Description
Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 70,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 31,860 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Commercial and Industrial Designers”.
Also Known As…
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Project Engineer
- Product Engineer
- Product Development Engineer
- Product Designer
- Product Design Engineer
- Mechanical Designer
- Engineer
- Designer
- Design Engineer
- Weapons Engineer
- Weapons Designer
- Toy Maker
- Toy Designer
- Tile Designer
- Textile Designer
- Surfboard Designer
- Stained Glass Window Designer
- Stained Glass Artist
- Snowboard Designer
- Silver Designer
- Sign Designer
- Safety Clothing and Equipment Developer
- Rug Designer
- Roller Coaster Designer
- Robotic Toy Inventor
- Robot Designer
- Production Designer
- Product Expert
- Product Development Manager
- Product Developer
- Pottery Decoration Designer
- Packaging Designer
- Package Designer
- Ornamental Metalwork Designer
- Motorcycle Designer
- Mold Designer
- Millinery Designer
- Memorial Designer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Lighting Designer
- Jewelry Designer
- Industrial Designer
- Graphic Designer
- Game Designer
- Furniture Designer
- Fire Sprinkler Designer
- Fabric Designer
- Engineering Manager
- Embroidery Designer
- Electrical Designer
- Design Director
- Creative Director
- Commercial Interior Designer
- Color Expert
- Color Consultant
- Color Adviser
- Cloth Designer
- Ceramic Mold Designer
- Ceramic Designer
- Car Body Designer
- Body Stylist
- Boat Designer
- Bike Designer
- Bicycle Designer
- Bank Note Designer
- Automotive Designer
- Automobile Designer
- Athletic Shoe Designer
- Art Glass Designer
Tasks for “Industrial Designer”
- Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.
- Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
- Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
- Research production specifications, costs, production materials and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
- Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems.
- Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.
- Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
- Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using and maintaining it.
- Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
- Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
- Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
- Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
- Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.
Related Technology & Tools
- Liquid crystal display LCD video projectors
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Compact digital cameras
- Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Laptop computers
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
- SAP
- Web browser software
- 1CadCam Unigraphics
- Geometric CAMWorks
- JavaScript
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Microsoft Excel
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- Microsoft Publisher
- Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Project
- Siemens PLM Software UGS NX
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Email software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Chaos Group V-Ray
- Autodesk Revit
- jQuery
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- QuarkXPress
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AliasStudio
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- McNeel Rhino software
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- C
- Corel Painter
- Minitab
- Verilog
- Xara Xtreme
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Softimage XSI
- C++
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Microsoft Access
- Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
- IBM Notes
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Finite element analysis software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Delphi Technology