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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
- Mechanical Designer
- Industrial 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
- Product Design Engineer
- 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
- 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 “Product Design Engineer”
- Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.
- Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
- Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
- Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.
- Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
- Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.
- Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
- Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems.
- 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.
- Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Research production specifications, costs, production materials and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
- Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
- Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compact digital cameras
- Liquid crystal display LCD video projectors
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Personal computers
- Delphi Technology
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- Siemens PLM Software UGS NX
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- PTC Creo Parametric
- 1CadCam Unigraphics
- Microsoft Excel
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Xara Xtreme
- Verilog
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Geometric CAMWorks
- IBM Notes
- C++
- Microsoft Publisher
- Autodesk AliasStudio
- jQuery
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
- Finite element analysis software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Minitab
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Corel Painter
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Access
- McNeel Rhino software
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- C
- QuarkXPress
- Autodesk Revit
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Softimage XSI
- SAP
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Email software
- Microsoft Project
- Chaos Group V-Ray
- Web browser software
- Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud