industrial designer
Code 2163.1
The industrial designer (diseñadora industrial) designs physical products: form, use, manufacturability and object UX. Use this Job Dictionary profile to separate from graphic design and product engineering.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Dibujo en perspectiva
- Historia del arte visual
- Modelado de objetos 3D
- industrial design
- ergonomics
- aesthetics
- copyright legislation
- manufacturing processes
- engineering principles
- design principles
- engineering processes
Skills and competences
- Manejo de fibra de carbón
- liaise with engineers
- draw design sketches
- draft design specifications
- conduct research on trends in design
Transversal competences
- meet deadlines
- determine suitability of materials
- mathematics
- present artistic design proposals
- perform market research
- follow a brief
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What to assess for this role
Assess design-for-manufacture, use research and a real portfolio.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does an industrial designer do?
- Proposes concepts, prototypes and documents so the product can be made and used well.
- Vs product engineer?
- The designer stresses use and form; the engineer technical feasibility and specs.
- What to assess when hiring?
- Design process (not only renders) and work with suppliers/plant.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences