Senior Industrial Designer

San Francisco, CA$130K – $180K4/5

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Our take

Hardware industrial design role for AI voice recorder products. Requires 5+ years ID experience, proficiency in Rhino/SolidWorks/3ds Max. Physical product design focus rather than digital.

Job description

About Plaud Inc.

Plaud is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals.

What You Will Do

Design Execution: Execute industrial design concepts for new products, focusing on form, proportion, and overall appearance.

3D Modeling & CAD Development: Create and refine high-quality 3D models and surfaces.

Design Composition & Visualization: Develop clear design compositions, layouts, and visual representations.

Design-to-Engineering Handoff: Collaborate closely with mechanical and hardware engineers.

Prototype Support: Support prototyping and sample evaluation.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience We Look for

Bachelor's degree or above in Industrial Design, Product Design, Art Design, or related fields.

Over 5 years of experience in industrial design, with successful hardware product design cases.

Familiar with CMF processes and manufacturing workflows.

Proficient in Rhino, 3ds Max, SolidWorks, Photoshop, Illustrator, familiar with 3D printing tools.

What We Offer

Competitive Compensation: $130K-$180K base salary+performance bonus+Equity.

Comprehensive Benefits, 401(k) with matching, Unlimited PTO.

12 weeks paid parental leave. Hybrid office (3x/week).

About Plaud

AI-powered voice recorders that capture and summarize conversations.

Plaud is a rare bootstrapped hardware+AI success story hitting $250M revenue run rate in 3 years. They're aggressively hiring a full design org in SF — Head of Design, product designers, industrial designers, visual designers, and UX researchers — signaling serious investment in design as a differentiator. The hardware+software+AI intersection makes this an unusually interesting design environment.

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