Industrial Designer II

About SimpliSafe

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we’ve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you’re building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We don’t just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.
We’re embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.

Why are we hiring?

Well, we’re growing and thriving. So, we need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. 

The Job

SimpliSafe is looking for an Industrial Designer to help design the next generation of home security products. Working closely with Design Leads, you will understand our customers, learn their painpoints, and then transform user needs into compelling new concepts and bring innovative physical products from early ideation to mass production. This role is ideal for a creative, detail orientated and problem solving designer who excels at early-stage concepting, rapid hands-on prototyping, and preserving design intent through execution. 

What you’ll do

• Explore and translate user needs and insights into compelling product concepts, forms, and experiences. 
• Build quick, scrappy physical prototypes and foam models to rapidly test ideas, validate ergonomic choices, and gather user feedback. 
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and UX to guide Industrial Design directions from early exploration to execution. 
• Sketch collaboratively to explore form, CMF (Color, Material, and Finish), and user interactions, effectively communicating solutions across teams. 
• Create detailed CAD models and high-quality 3D renderings to convey design intent and functional vision clearly. 
• Produce comprehensive design documentation including detailed drawings, CMF specifications, and production artwork, and communicate ongoing DFM issues through part review documents to clearly convey design intent.
• Partner with Engineering and external manufacturing partners to adapt, refine, and maintain design integrity through production. 
• Contribute to and evolve SimpliSafe’s Design Language System (DLS), ensuring hardware decisions align across the product ecosystem.

What you’ll need to be successful 

• A strong digital portfolio demonstrating your end-to-end design process, highlighting early concepting, user-centered problem solving, form development, and scrappy prototyping. 
• Strong storytelling capabilities, and a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset. 
• A strong eye for detail and a deep appreciation for aesthetics.
• Excellent ideation, form-giving, CAD & digital prototyping skills 
• Strong hand and digital sketching skills to rapidly generate, iterate, and communicate aesthetic and functional ideas. 
• Passion for rapid, scrappy physical prototyping (paper, foam, 3D printing) to test concepts quickly with users and validate design direction. 
• High proficiency in 3D CAD modeling to build precise surface geometries (KeyShot, V-Ray) 
• Expertise in 3D rendering and visualization to produce compelling presentation-quality visuals (KeyShot, V-Ray) 
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, and CMF specification documentation. 
• Ability to collaborate constructively with mechanical/electrical engineering and manufacturing partners to navigate trade-offs while upholding design intent. 
• Experience working within or contributing to a hardware Design Language System.

Experience 

• 3-6 years of professional hardware design experience 
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (or equivalent). 
• Proven track record of designing high-quality consumer products that integrate physical and digital components. 
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts. 
• Onsite Requirement: Strong preference for onsite collaboration Tuesday through Thursday.

What Values You’ll Share

• Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
• Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego - Maintaining a “no job too small” attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
• One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
• Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
• Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.

What We Offer

• A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive  
• A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here)
• Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home. 
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.

The target annual base pay range for this role is $86,300 - $115,000.

This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages, including base pay, taking into consideration employees’ job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and other relevant business factors. 

Beyond base pay, we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.

We’re committed to fair and equitable pay practices, as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.

We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals, no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure, but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of a position, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].