Whoop
Senior Industrial Design, Lead
Boston, MA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$170kDetected 1 day ago
Data ScienceDesign SystemsProduct StrategyMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- Our products sit at the intersection of hardware, software, data science, sport, health, fashion, and culture.
- The Creative org defines how WHOOP is felt in the world.
- We operate with high taste, deep craft, and exacting standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead industrial design for future WHOOP hardware, bands, accessories, and wearable ecosystems from concept through production.
- Translate user, athlete, member, and market insights into design strategies, product architectures, and differentiated physical experiences.
- Create compelling design concepts through sketching, 3D modeling, prototyping, visualization, and storytelling.
- Drive ergonomic studies, wearability testing, fit analysis, and human factors exploration to ensure products perform across body types, activities, environments, and use cases.
- Partner closely with Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Sensors, Apparel, Product, and Manufacturing to balance design intent, technical feasibility, performance, comfort, durability, and cost.
- Lead CMF direction in collaboration with CMF and Brand partners, ensuring every material, finish, texture, and color decision reinforces the WHOOP design language.
- Build and evolve design systems for WHOOP hardware, accessories, and on-body experiences, creating consistency while enabling future innovation.
- Guide design decisions through clear rationale, strong visual communication, and a deep understanding of member needs.
- Present design work to senior leadership, clearly articulating the strategic, experiential, technical, and business rationale behind key decisions.
- Partner with external vendors, model shops, factories, and development partners to preserve design intent through tooling, validation, and production.
Requirements
- Proven experience bringing products from early concept through manufacturing and launch.
- Ability to lead ambiguous, future-facing design programs while also managing the details required to ship excellent products.
- Experience collaborating with engineering and manufacturing teams on technically constrained products.
- A collaborative, low-ego leadership style with the ability to mentor designers and elevate the work of a broader team.
- The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
- While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate's specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role's requirements.
- 8+ years of industrial design experience, with significant experience in consumer electronics, wearables, health technology, performance products, footwear, apparel, or technically complex consumer goods.
- A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional taste, concept development, design process, problem solving, prototyping, and production execution.
- Deep understanding of ergonomics, body-worn products, soft goods, hard goods, materials, CMF, manufacturing processes, and design for scale.
- Strong 2D and 3D design skills, including sketching, CAD, rendering, visualization, and physical prototyping.
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
- A refined aesthetic point of view and a high bar for proportion, detail, materiality, usability, and emotional resonance.
- Passion for health, fitness, sport, human performance, design innovation, and the future of wearable technology.
- This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
- Interested in the role, but don't meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.
- WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify https://www.e-verify.gov/ to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Compensation
- The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.
Benefits
- We build products that help people better understand their bodies, improve performance, recover smarter, and build healthier habits through continuous health monitoring and actionable insights.
- Stay ahead of trends in wearables, health technology, performance apparel, fashion, materials, manufacturing, and culture.
Company info
- At WHOOP, we are on a mission to unlock human performance and Healthspan.
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