Watertec India
Website:
watertecindia.com
Job details:
Role purpose: Design polymer bath fittings with the elegance of world-class Italian metal hardware — the aesthetic anchor feeding the NPD team a pipeline of manufacturable, premium concepts.
1. Key Responsibilities
- Study premium Italian/European metal fittings and reinterpret their design cues (proportion, silhouette, finish) in polymer.
- Create concept sketches, CAD models and renders for new fitting ranges, balanced against moulding/tooling constraints.
- Work with NPD, R&D and tooling teams from concept through prototype to production.
- Build and maintain a design language/style guide so the premium range stays visually consistent.
- Build prototypes/mock-ups to validate form and finish, and track global design and finishing trends.
2. Academic Background
- B.Des/M.Des in Product or Industrial Design (NID, IIT-IDC, Srishti, Pearl Academy, MIT-ID or equivalent), or a B.E./B.Tech with a strong design/CAD portfolio.
- CMF (colour, material, finish) coursework and prior exposure to sanitaryware, furniture or consumer-durable design are a plus.
- A strong design portfolio matters more than the specific degree.
3. Experience Required
- 3–8 years designing bath fittings, sanitaryware, consumer durables, furniture or lighting, where finish and premium feel drive the sale.
- Hands-on experience taking a design from concept sketch to tooled, manufactured product.
- Prior exposure to injection-moulded plastics or polymer product design is strongly preferred.
- Experience referencing or benchmarking premium international design and adapting it for Indian manufacturing and price points.
- Exceptional portfolios with 1–3 years' experience may be considered for a junior/associate designer level.
4. Skills & Technical Expertise
- CAD (SolidWorks, Rhino, Fusion 360 or Creo) and rendering (Key Shot/Blender/V-Ray); sketching and Adobe Creative Suite for presentation.
- Strong CMF sense and grasp of injection-moulding constraints and finishing techniques (chrome-effect plating, soft-touch coatings) that make polymer feel like metal.
- Understanding of bath-fitting ergonomics (grip, flow, durability, IP ratings) and ability to build quick physical mock-ups.
- Confident presenting and defending design choices to cross-functional teams.
5. Desired Attributes
- A genuine eye for elegance — can explain why a fitting feels premium, not just imitate it.
- Balances creative ambition with manufacturing/cost reality; a builder who prototypes rather than just talks.
- Self-driven, comfortable being the lead design voice in a manufacturing-first organisation building this capability.
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