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Job Description
Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 70,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 31,860 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Commercial and Industrial Designers”.
Also Known As…
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Project Engineer
- Product Engineer
- Product Development Engineer
- Product Designer
- Product Design Engineer
- Mechanical Designer
- Industrial Designer
- Engineer
- Designer
- Design Engineer
- Weapons Engineer
- Weapons Designer
- Toy Maker
- Toy Designer
- Tile Designer
- Textile Designer
- Surfboard Designer
- Stained Glass Window Designer
- Stained Glass Artist
- Snowboard Designer
- Silver Designer
- Sign Designer
- Safety Clothing and Equipment Developer
- Rug Designer
- Roller Coaster Designer
- Robotic Toy Inventor
- Robot Designer
- Production Designer
- Product Expert
- Product Development Manager
- Product Developer
- Pottery Decoration Designer
- Packaging Designer
- Package Designer
- Ornamental Metalwork Designer
- Motorcycle Designer
- Mold Designer
- Millinery Designer
- Memorial Designer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Lighting Designer
- Jewelry Designer
- Graphic Designer
- Game Designer
- Furniture Designer
- Fire Sprinkler Designer
- Fabric Designer
- Embroidery Designer
- Electrical Designer
- Design Director
- Creative Director
- Commercial Interior Designer
- Color Expert
- Color Consultant
- Color Adviser
- Cloth Designer
- Ceramic Mold Designer
- Ceramic Designer
- Car Body Designer
- Body Stylist
- Boat Designer
- Bike Designer
- Bicycle Designer
- Bank Note Designer
- Automotive Designer
- Automobile Designer
- Athletic Shoe Designer
- Art Glass Designer
Tasks for “Engineering Manager”
- Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
- Research production specifications, costs, production materials and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
- Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
- Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using and maintaining it.
- Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.
- Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
- Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems.
- Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
- Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
- Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.
- Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
- Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
- Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Compact digital cameras
- Liquid crystal display LCD video projectors
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Verilog
- McNeel Rhino software
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- C
- Delphi Technology
- Geometric CAMWorks
- Microsoft Publisher
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Xara Xtreme
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk Revit
- Microsoft Access
- Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt
- QuarkXPress
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- C++
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
- Chaos Group V-Ray
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- 1CadCam Unigraphics
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Minitab
- Microsoft Excel
- Softimage XSI
- Finite element analysis software
- Microsoft Word
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office
- SAP
- Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Email software
- Corel Painter
- IBM Notes
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Autodesk AliasStudio
- Siemens PLM Software UGS NX
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- jQuery
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- Web browser software
- JavaScript