Industrial Designer

JLab imagines and delivers the personal technology products that consumers want. With our line of personal audio gear and office accessories, we’re innovating absolutely everything to make way better personal tech. Based in San Diego, we’ve been offering the right sound, the right features, and the right value since 2005.

JLab is seeking an experienced and creative Industrial Designer to help shape the next generation of consumer audio and tech accessories. In this role, you will take products from the first “napkin sketch” through tooling-ready CAD, ensuring every earbud, headphone, speaker, and peripheral reflects our commitment to innovation, value, and user-centric design.

You’ll work hands-on across the full product development lifecycle—sketching, prototyping, refining, and preparing designs for high-volume manufacturing—while collaborating closely with internal teams and overseas manufacturing partners. Your work will directly influence how JLab products look, feel, and perform in the hands of customers around the world.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated and curious, thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on product development environment, and enjoys balancing creative exploration with technical execution. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply and share your portfolio.

• Translate early concepts and sketches into production-ready industrial designs
• Develop tooling-ready CAD geometry for consumer electronics products, including complex mechanical assemblies
• Create and refine product forms with a strong focus on ergonomics, usability, and visual identity
• Support multiple product programs simultaneously while meeting development timelines
• Produce hand sketches, 3D prints, and physical prototypes to quickly iterate on form and function
• Create high-fidelity renderings and animations for internal reviews, packaging, and marketing assets
• Clearly communicate design intent through visual and physical artifacts

• Apply knowledge of high-volume manufacturing processes, including injection molding and metal finishing
• Define and refine Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) selections in alignment with brand direction
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure designs are feasible, durable, and cost-effective
• Support tooling development and production ramp-up, including factory reviews as needed

• Work closely with product management, purchasing, and marketing teams
• Coordinate with overseas ODM/OEM partners to resolve design, tooling, and production issues
• Use Figma and related tools to support alignment between hardware design and software/UX

This role may be filled at either the Mid-Level or Senior-Level, depending on experience and demonstrated capability.

• Executes defined design work streams with growing independence
• Translates concepts into manufacturable designs with guidance
• Applies established CMF standards and manufacturing practices
• Typically 3–5 years of consumer electronics industrial design experience
• Owns industrial design from early concept through production handoff
• Drives design decisions balancing user experience, brand, manufacturability, and cost
• Leads complex CAD development and resolves advanced manufacturing challenges
• Influences CMF direction and design standards across product lines
• Typically 5–8+ years of consumer electronics industrial design experience

• Required:
  • 3–5+ years (mid-level) or 5–8+ years (senior-level) of professional industrial design experience within consumer electronics
  • Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Fusion or Solid Works, including the ability to produce complex, tooling-ready geometry and understand mechanical assemblies
  • Expert-level skills in Key Shot for photorealistic rendering and animation
  • Strong sketching, form development, and physical prototyping (3D printing) capabilities
  • Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, including high-volume injection molding (plastics and silicone), CNC/stamping/PVD/Electroplating (metals)
  • Ability to travel internationally, including anticipated…