Graduate Industrial Designer

Introduction

We are looking for an exceptional Industrial Designer to join our award-winning MedTech creative team. Our design team create breakthrough physical and digital products for some of the world’s most innovative brands.

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic designer to add their skills and design flair to our team. This is a hands-on role where the ability to visualise and deliver exciting user centred solutions in the healthcare space is essential. It is an excellent opportunity for you to become immersed in a highly demanding and creative environment.

About the role

Championing user experience and brand is central to our work in medical technology, and Industrial Designers lead this thinking for our clients. You will work in diverse multifunctional project teams together with highly talented engineers, scientists and designers to generate innovative solutions and develop world-leading medical products for our clients around the globe.

You will be using your design skills to contribute to a wide variety of development projects with support and guidance from seniors, from initial idea generation through to the delivery and manufacturing support for market ready products.

At Cambridge Consultants we work on complex and challenging briefs and our clients look to us to shape their futures. You will work alongside other designers to craft compelling design outputs.

Specific responsibilities

Day to day you will use your core skills in industrial design, sketching, and design thinking to:

• Participate in concept generation and problem-solving workshops
• Create clear and impactful presentations to convey ideas to clients and development teams. There will be opportunities to interact with clients.
• Prepare designs at a range of fidelities i.e., from sketches to detailed 3D renders or animations
• Manufacture prototypes, hands-on or by liaising with suppliers
• Evaluate user needs and designs at user studies
• Share your skills and experience with the wider design team whilst also receiving mentorship from experienced designers

What you’ll need

A successful designer in the Design Group in the MedTech Department will:

• Be a talented and creative Industrial Designer who is an enthusiastic team player
• A top degree in Industrial Design, Product Design or a related design discipline
• An excellent portfolio demonstrating your visual flair, meticulous attention to detail and ability to communicate innovative designs in a clear and attractive way.
• Mastery of graphical presentation tools (e.g. hand sketching, Creative Cloud, 3D rendering)
• Strong ability to use CAD tools to design attractive, functional and manufacturable designs (e.g., SolidWorks)
• Excellent verbal and written storytelling/ idea communication skills

Additionally, experience designing a digital and physical user experience would be beneficial.

We feel this role will be best performed by someone who can regularly visit the office. 

Benefits

• Competitive salary reviewed annually 
• Company profit share 
• Generous pension 
• Hybrid working model 
• Flexible working hours and location 
• 25 days' annual leave plus public holidays, with flexibility to carry over / borrow 
• Comprehensive insurance - Life, disability, private healthcare and travel insurance (business & leisure)
• Enhanced family leave benefit of 13 weeks full-pay parental leave for those that meet qualifying criteria
• Career development and training opportunities
• Social committee
• Discounted train season tickets, through Travel Plan Plus
• If travelling to Cambridge by train; Free shuttle service to/from Cambridge North train station, through Cambridge Science Park
• Whilst in the office; Free canteen - breakfast, lunch & refreshments 
• A comprehensive relocation package is available, if applicable 

Future prospects

Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees' careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.

Diversity & Inclusion

Cambridge Consultants is a workplace where everyone is welcome. When the brightest minds come together and feel included, that’s when we develop the most important technology breakthroughs. We believe that diversity can only flourish when everyone feels involved and has a sense of belonging. We welcome and value all people regardless of their characteristics and encourage applications from all backgrounds and dimensions of society.

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