Industrial Designer

Job Title: Industrial Designer

Supervises: None

Department: Operations-Engineering

Reports to: Product Design Manager

Location: Tech Center

FLSA: Exempt

• Please Attach Portfolio if Applicable*

General Overview: This role will be responsible for helping conceptualize, design, develop, and bring physical products to market, with a primary focus on hard goods and opportunities to contribute to soft goods/cut-and-sew products. A creative problem solver who can move comfortably from ideation, early-stage concepts, and 3D visualization through detailed development, prototyping, and manufacturing. Working closely with cross-functional partners, vendors, and international manufacturing partners to create products that are functional, durable, intuitive, and compelling for diamond sports athletes and consumers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop innovative product concepts from early ideation through production, with an emphasis on user-focused design and creative problem solving.
• Create 2D & 3D concepts, CAD models, sketches, renderings, and presentations to communicate design intent and explore solutions.
• Design primarily hard goods while contributing to soft goods, textiles, and cut-and-sew products as needed.
• Apply principles of ergonomics, protection, durability, usability, and user experience throughout the design process.
• Translate user needs, product requirements, and market opportunities into thoughtful physical product solutions.
• Deliver projects on time and within established cost targets.
• Apply continuous improvement throughout the design and development process while maintaining project timelines
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Quality, Marketing, and other cross-functional partners to balance athlete needs, aesthetics, performance, cost, and manufacturability.
• Review prototypes, samples, and production units and identify opportunities for design, functional, or manufacturing improvements.
• Develop clear design documentation, specifications, presentations, and other materials necessary to support product development and manufacturing.
• Conduct ongoing competitive analysis and monitor the market landscape to identify opportunities, trends, and benchmarks that ensure products remain competitive and relevant.
• Develop world-class, category-leading products that elevate performance, innovation, and brand expression.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a similar related field.
• Highly proficient in 3D design and modeling software - NX or Solidworks preferred.
• 1-5 years of professional industrial/product design experience, preferably with physical consumer products.
• Strong affinity to develop an understanding of the ever-changing sporting goods market.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating experience developing physical products from concept through production.
• Demonstrated experience designing hard goods, with additional experience in soft goods, textiles, or cut-and-sew products preferred.
• Mechanical aptitude in common manufacturing techniques including injection and compression molding, composites, vacuum forming, soft goods.
• Ability to balance creative design solutions with practical considerations such as cost, durability, manufacturability, and performance.
• Strong understanding of ergonomics and human-centered design principles.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both visual and verbal.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with evolving priorities.
• Proficient in rendering and digitizing tools - example digital sketching or KeyShot rendering.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in sporting goods, baseball, outdoor, fitness, protective equipment, or other performance-oriented consumer products.
• Experience designing products where protection, impact resistance, durability, or athletic performance are important considerations.
• Experience with soft goods construction, textiles, sewing, patterns, and/or cut-and-sew manufacturing.
• Experience working with overseas manufacturing partners and navigating international product development.
• Hands-on prototyping and fabrication experience.
• Familiarity with materials such as plastics, foams, metals, textiles, composites, and other performance materials.
• Experience conducting user research, product testing, or field evaluations

Working Conditions:

General office and lab (Tech Center) working conditions with approximately 20% travel, including international, required.

Safety Hazards:

Minimal safety hazards. Following are the basic motor, audio, and reasoning skills required to perform in this position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Spanish is a plus.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and area. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Able to make sound judgments as it relates to Personnel Relations and the Law.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing 10-25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision. Employees will be required to hear telephone ring.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. Position may be required to perform other duties as needed.

Rawlings Sporting Goods Total Compensation Package:

The health, well-being and financial stability of our employees are a high priority to us. Our benefit plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans
• Company paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program.
• 401k (fully vested immediately) with Company match.
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Opportunities for advancement
• Employee Discount Program