Physical Designer​/Wearability Specialist - Pico Design - Interaction design San Jose

Physical Experience Designer/Wearability Specialist - Pico

Location:

San Jose

Team:

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A115370A

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About Team:
The Innovation Team is part of the Industrial Design organization, with a primary focus on incubating new ideas and product concepts. The team takes a holistic view of the product experience and explores how emerging technologies can be leveraged to create meaningful, delightful, and genuinely useful user experiences. We strongly believe in learning by building. As a result, the team continuously seeks individuals who can rapidly prototype and develop end-to-end product experiences, enabling us to quickly test, validate, and refine ideas through an iterative, fast-paced development cycle.

About the Role:

We are looking for a creative problem solver who is obsessed with the physical relationship between technology and the user. In this role, you will champion the "physical experience"—how a product feels, fits, and moves with the user. You will take deep human factors insights and synthesize them into tangible, creative solutions. Your goal is to make the technology disappear, leaving only a comfortable, intuitive, and delightful experience.

Synthesize & Create:
Convert dry ergonomic requirements into inspiring design concepts. Use human factors analysis as a springboard for creative problem solving rather than a checklist.

Iterative Sculpting:
Lead the physical refinement of products through a tight loop of design, prototype, and user-testing. You will physically prove that a design works for the intended population.

Data-Informed Creativity:
Leverage data analysis tools (MATLAB, DOE) to identify "sweet spots" in sizing and fit, using math to back up your design intuition.

Empathy in Action:
Design and execute immersive user studies that uncover unarticulated needs, translating those insights into actionable design improvements.

Design-to-Production:
Partner with operations to ensure that the "perfect fit" achieved in the lab can be mass‑produced without losing the user‑centric details.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Design, Human Factors/Ergonomics, Biomechanics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience applying human factors or ergonomic principles to physical products, ideally wearable or body‑interfacing devices.
• Hands‑on experience with prototyping workflows, including 3D CAD, rapid prototyping methods, and physical mock‑ups.
• Ability to design, run, and interpret structured studies (e.g., wear‑tests, surveys, basic DOE‑style experiments) and translate findings into design decisions.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of working effectively with cross‑functional teams (design, engineering, manufacturing, research).

Preferred qualifications

• Experience using MATLAB or similar tools for ergonomic analysis, statistical modeling, and design‑of‑experiments.
• Familiarity with DFA (Design for Assembly) principles and manufacturing processes, and the ability to incorporate production constraints into early design decisions.
• Experience designing or testing products intended for extended wear (e.g., head‑worn, body‑worn, or handheld devices) across diverse user populations.
• Portfolio or case studies that demonstrate end‑to‑end work from user insight → prototype → test → refined, manufacturable design, highlighting both creative and analytical thinking.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $137245 - $255867 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match,…