Description

Contract: 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract – Full time

Start date: June 15th, 2026

End date: December 15th, 2027

General Role Description: Intermediate Product Designer (Physical Hardgoods)

Expectations of prior experience: 5-8 years of full-time professional design experience

Location: On-site in Vancouver’s Railtown neighbourhood, with minimum 4 days in the office

At Form3 we navigate the challenges of product development to successfully lead projects from concept to production. Industrial designers work together with product engineers with a user-driven, iterative approach, toward a common goal: to make long-lasting, high-quality products that inspire.

We work selectively with clients who are committed to seeing their ideas come to life. Because of our passion for design, adaptive approach, and collaborative hands-on team, we have earned successful long-term relationships with many industry-leading organizations, creating products that have defined their categories and exceeded expectations. We’ve helped industry innovators gain market share, reinvigorated struggling brands, and supported ambitious start-ups in establishing themselves in competitive markets.

Form3 is committed to maintaining a respectful, inclusive, open-minded workplace with a high degree of consideration for staff. We are looking for a committed individual open to a fixed length employment contract.

Role Overview

We’re looking for someone with 5-8 years of relevant professional experience. Your experience, along with well-developed skills should allow you to smoothly jump into multiple active projects and work under the direction of Senior staff.

As a designer at Form3 you will work collaboratively with other team members to take a design from the initial concept, through iterations of prototypes, to the production of final CAD files and specification drawings for manufacturing. You must have deep experience using Solidworks for both rapid concepts and detailing parts for production. You should be open-minded, well organized, and able to work on several projects at the same time. Your strong communication and social skills will help you to work through the challenges of product development in a team environment where the best path forward often requires constructive critique.

A good candidate for this role will cross the boundaries between Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering and be passionate about all phases of a project. If you are coming from a Mechanical Engineering background, you should be comfortable with conceptual thinking and capable of quickly communicating a wide range of solutions to a problem. If you are coming from an Industrial Design background your sensibilities should be skewed towards practical implementation of inspiring concepts with the know-how to execute them in detail. You should be comfortable detailing plastic parts and seals with consideration for critical tolerances. The ideal candidate will know how and when to balance conceptual thinking with practical consideration for production.

Portfolio’s should be submitted to careers@form3.com

 Hard requirements to be considered

  • A visually communicative portfolio showing 5-8 years of product design work with examples of the Design process, conceptual thinking, mechanical concepts, manufacturing consideration, and completed projects in production.
  • Degree in Industrial Design or Product Design or Mechanical Engineering. A Mechanical Manufacturing diploma may be considered with adequate supporting experience.
  • CV/Resume showing 5-8 years of professional experience with a manufacturer or product design consultancy
  • Minimum 5 years of using Solidworks. Long-term high proficiency in another parametric CAD system will also be considered but is less desirable.
  • Professional job references in related design industry
  • Competency generating 2D specification drawings appropriate for critical prototype fitment, and scale production.

Required Qualifications

  • Confidence engaging with a wide range of design problems
  • Rapid sketching skills to quickly communicate ideas to the team (shown in portfolio)
  • Proven experience designing and detailing parts for injection molding (shown in portfolio)
  • A solid understanding of high-volume manufacturing techniques including CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, metal stamping, metal casting, welding, vacuum casting, vacuum forming
  • Experience integrating electronics (PCBs, connectors, switches, and other electronic components)
  • Confident in producing quick and dirty mock-ups, proof-of-function models to efficiently validate ideas
  • A good understanding of the prototyping technologies for the purposes of rapid validation of concepts.
  • Efficient time management and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Comfortable working with urgency, and able to contribute extra time when required for a deadline.
  • An interest in designing products for both consumer and industrial markets
  • Ability to effectively communicate with team designers, engineers, clients, and vendors
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a staff with a range of experience levels
  • Can work independently on select tasks when required.
  • Strong ability to listen, understand and implement detailed direction from other staff and clients.
  • Experience creating verification and manufacturing drawings

Great-to-have Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge of parametric CAD surfacing (Solidworks or other)
  • Experience with analyzing assemblies for complex tolerance stack-ups.
  • Comfortable contributing to the maintenance of 3D printers and various office tasks.
  • Experience testing prototypes for IP rating and drop tests.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator + InDesign
  • Interested in designing for sustainability

 

Compensation

  • Salary range based on years of full-time experience: $5,500 – $6,166/monthly based on yearly range of $66-74K
  • Salary is based on a 37.5-hour work week
  • Additional hours are banked to be used as vacation time or paid out
  • Office-based position with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week
  • 15 days of vacation days (based on 18 months of work), 2 company holidays, and all statutory holidays over the 18-month period.
  • 5 sick days
  • Base workday is 9 am to 5 pm with flexible start and end times
  • Optional access to our Health and Dental Benefits plan after 3 months.