Industrial Designer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Join a World Class Design Team!

With 150+ design awards, our team’s purpose built solutions are recognized worldwide by the most distinguished and select design organizations. We are in the Top Ten of companies in North America for IF awards and recognition.

Who Are We?

We are the Experience Design & Research Team, our team is embedded in the Chief Technology Office, the innovation engine for Motorola Solutions. We are user-focused and outcome-driven, identifying problems and creating solutions based on research and engagement with our customers.

What Do We Do?

Working to understand our customers' unique "jobs to be done" is a foundational principle of the CTO and our team.

• WE Research to find unmet needs...
• WE Envision an ideal future...
• WE Apply our expertise in user experience and design, user + human factors research, advanced wireless communications, cloud & mobile application architecture, cyber-security, imaging, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
• WE Design innovative end to end hardware and software solutions.

These solutions form the basis of many products and systems offered by Motorola Solutions. We also help manage Motorola Solutions Venture Capital investments and intellectual property across the company.

Job Description

About Us:

The Experience Design & Research Team is a cross functional group within Motorola Solutions Chief Technology Office. User Centered Design and Research is the fuel that fires the next generation of experiences and solutions for our mission critical customers and users. The team consists of Industrial Design, UI/UX, Research, and Technologist who design for diverse and challenging markets. Police, Fire and Industrial user groups all have very distinct and tangible design problems; whether it’s the dirt, grime and high noise of industrial environments, gloves and turnout gear for Fire or managing intense cognitive loads during police action. Our team is exploring, testing and designing for emerging technologies that will define the next generation commercial, public safety and first responder communication solutions. Your designs will enable a Use Experience and total solution that can save lives in moments that matter.

About You

Are you compelled to impact users in the “Moments that Matter” with your work? Would you like to be on a highly collaborative team using social sciences and user centered design to address a global customer base with mission critical use cases. Do you seek complex challenges to transform them into meaningful designs and critical experiences. Do you embrace a world that is changing faster than ever with lots of ambiguity, and speed. Does empathy for the user provide you purpose, do you desire to build for their needs and wants, so they can be safer and more efficient. Do you know the value of good design, do you insist on it.

Creative Contributions and You | Work Description and Skills

• Integrate effectively into a multidisciplinary group that includes cognitive and behavioral scientists, interaction designers, and human factors engineers and deliver to strict deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Uncover problems and develop them into ideas that become design solutions grounded by end user requirements providing a solid value proposition.
• Collaborate with marketing and engineering to assure successful implementation of industrial designs.
• Understand and communicate a user journey or product value proposition through various media, storyboards, animations and videos
• Quickly identify and create appropriate design concepts with follow through to production.
• Create world class hardware designs in a fast paced environment.
• Follow up with manufacturing and production processes as required. Strong 2-D visualization skills are necessary such as sketching, Illustrator and Photoshop software.

Your Creative Tool Kit

This position requires exceptional interpersonal skills. A proven track record must be demonstrated. An ability to appreciate and work with human factors and research. Sensitivity to culture and end users should complement a strong core knowledge in design.

Tech Skills

• Strong 2-D visualization skills are necessary such as sketching, Illustrator and Photoshop software.
• A solid expertise in at least one 3-D CAD program, such as Solid Works, Pro E and or Rhino or other similar tools is required.
• Proficiency in video and animation (Adobe After Effects or similar) for story telling of either user experience or product attributes.

*Must provide a link to a portfolio or digital examples of your work when applying*

Target Base Salary Range: $58,700 - $108,600

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited industrial design program
• College graduate with up to 2 years of working experience as an Industrial Designer or related position

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

About Us

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com.

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