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CAD Designer
A CAD Designer creates detailed technical drawings and 3D models for products, buildings, or mechanical parts using tools like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Revit. They translate engineers' or architects' concepts into precise blueprints, relying on strong blueprint reading skills to ensure designs meet specifications and manufacturing or construction standards. This role is common in engineering firms, architecture practices, and manufacturing companies, and suits detail-oriented individuals with strong spatial reasoning and technical drafting skills.
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CAD Designer
SunPower
Orem, UT
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CAD Designer
Mercury Marine
Merritt Island, FL
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Where CAD Designers commonly go next: Industrial Designer, Senior CAD Designer, Structural Designer.
Industrial Designer
Corsair
Duluth, GA
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Lead Designer, Core Studio Footwear Product Design
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
Nike is seeking an experienced footwear designer to lead seasonal design concepts across multiple product categories, from performance running shoes to lifestyle sandals. This role suits designers with 5-7 years of footwear experience who thrive collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring others while balancing creative vision with manufacturing constraints and cost targets.
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Associate Design Director, Luggage
Away
Full-time · New York, NY · $150,000 – $160,000 · Remote
Lead the design and development of Away's luggage category as a director-level industrial designer, responsible for mentoring a team and guiding products from concept through manufacturing. This role suits an experienced designer with a background in hard or soft goods who thrives balancing creative innovation with manufacturing realities and enjoys building great teams.
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Industrial Designer
Eight Sleep
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $100,000 – $125,000
This role is for an industrial designer to create innovative sleep technology products at a fast-growing hardware company. It suits someone with 0–5 years of experience who excels at translating user needs and technical requirements into beautiful, functional designs and thrives in a high-intensity, collaborative environment.
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Senior Industrial Designer
NVIDIA
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Industrial Designer
Corsair
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Crane Co.
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Stanley Black & Decker
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Lynk Global
Chantilly, VA
Lynk seeks a mechanical engineer to design, analyze, and test satellite communications hardware and payloads, with responsibility spanning CAD modeling, thermal and structural analysis, integration, and ground testing. This role suits someone with space systems experience who thrives in a small-company environment solving novel problems across mechanical, thermal, and mechatronics domains.
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