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About the Role

Samsung Design Innovation Center is seeking a highly experienced Lead Industrial Designer to envision and shape the next generation of consumer products, with a focus on emerging categories like wearable devices and future hardware experiences. This role integrates Artificial Intelligence into the creative process to redefine product conception, visualization, and communication, defining what AI-native Industrial Design looks like within Samsung.

Responsibilities

Lead End-to-End Design Projects: Drive future consumer hardware concepts from early opportunity identification through sketching, CAD modeling, and physical mock-up development.
Translate Insights into Product: Apply exceptional aesthetic sensibility and human-centered principles to convert user research and market opportunities into desirable, feasible physical experiences.
Evolve & Evangelize AI Workflows: Deeply integrate generative AI tools into your design process to accelerate ideation, CMF exploration, and high-fidelity rendering.
Champion Best Practices: Act as a thought leader to define and share AI-native design methodologies, inspiring broader adoption across Samsung's global design organization.
Evaluate Emerging Tech: Maintain a growth mindset and continuous curiosity, actively evaluating and integrating new AI design tools into the studio’s ecosystem.
Define Product Direction: Independently navigate ambiguous spaces and establish clear product directions with minimal guidance.
Deliver Compelling Narratives: Produce high-fidelity renders, animations, and visual storytelling materials to confidently present and defend future product visions to executive stakeholders.
Partner Locally & Globally: Collaborate seamlessly across multidisciplinary teams in San Francisco and maintain strong working relationships with partner design studios in Korea.
Travel internationally and domestically as needed to align and co-create with global stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred in Industrial Design, Product Design, Transportation Design, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
10+ years of professional Industrial Design experience with an outstanding portfolio demonstrating exceptional product design quality
Strong portfolio showcasing AI-assisted concept development and storytelling; candidates should be prepared to demonstrate how AI is integrated into their workflow
Demonstrated ability to rapidly explore broad design spaces using AI while applying exceptional design judgment
Outstanding sketching, 3D visualization, physical mockup development, and meticulous attention to product craftsmanship and detail
Proven ability to independently lead complex design projects from highly ambiguous opportunities through to finished product concepts
Clear, concise communication and storytelling skills with a track record of collaborating across global, multidisciplinary teams
Action-oriented, highly self-motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced innovation environment
Experience bringing consumer products to market through manufacturing is preferred, but not required
Will consider qualified applicants for employment with arrest and conviction records.

Skills

AI-assisted concept development
AI integration into design workflow
Generative AI tools (e.g., Vizcom, Stable Diffusion)
Sketching
3D visualization
Physical mockup development
Product craftsmanship
Storytelling
Collaboration across global, multidisciplinary teams

Location

San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

Lead
10+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

$198,100—$272,500 USD

Benefits

Annual bonus eligibility
Generous benefits

About the Company

Samsung Design Innovation Center is one of the leading overseas design studios in Samsung, located in San Francisco, CA.
Our mission is to understand people and lifestyles to deliver meaningful experiences through beautiful yet functional design, enabled by innovative cutting-edge technologies.
SDIC is working on various advanced product experiences which can envision and shape the future of Samsung Business, working with various internal teams through an experience-driven approach.
Our work appears on smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, wearables, home appliances, and other devices we can't describe yet.
We design future experience-driven innovation opportunities with empathy and compassion for people across the Samsung Electronics portfolio.
We uncover unmet and latent user needs through human-centered research and transform emerging technologies into meaningful product experiences that define future product categories.
We are interested in passionate and self-motivated individuals who are comfortable in a highly fluid environment.
We will provide the creative freedom, multidisciplinary environment, and resources to help you shape not only the next generation of Samsung products, but also the future practice of Industrial Design itself.

Equal Opportunity

At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce.
We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves.
Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.
Samsung Research America is committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.