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Do you want to work in a team that values creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence? Tait Communications is looking for an Industrial Designer to join our UX team and contribute to our globally recognised critical communications solutions.\nIn this role you will work closely with product management, hardware and mechanical engineering teams, technology partners, and the UX team to develop intuitive and reliable mission-critical products. Your expertise in user-centered design will shape the way users interact with our technology, helping to make a real impact in the global public safety, transportation, and utility sectors.\nKey Responsibilities include:\nEngaging with customers, users, sales and product management to identify latent needs and frame market opportunities. \nLeading user-centric design methodologies and communicating ideas through sketches, storyboards, prototypes, CAD models and renderings. \nValidating design hypotheses through prototyping, user testing and customer feedback. \nStaying up to date with industry best practices, materials, and manufacturing processes. \nContributing to Tait's design language to ensure a consistent and strong product identity. \nCollaborating with internal and external engineering teams to rapidly translate industrial design concepts into high-quality, manufacturing-ready CAD models using PTC Creo. \nMentoring junior designers and promoting best practices within the team. \nManaging the technical and user experience aspects of our packaging. \nTo view the position description click here.\nŌ pūkenga - About You\nTo be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor's degree (NZQA Level 7) in a relevant field and at least three years of experience in a physical product development environment.\nYou will also have:\nStrong knowledge of user-centered design and development methodologies. \nThe ability to work both independently and collaboratively across multiple projects. \nExperience in identifying and managing stakeholder issues and risks. \nExcellent problem-solving skills and the ability to select appropriate design methods. \nStrong verbal and visual communication skills. \nExperience working with external manufacturing and development partners. \nFamiliarity with tools such as PTC Creo, Blender, Keyshot, Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud. \nExperience designing MIL-std or IP-rated hand-held electro-mechanical products (preferred). \nNgā painga - What’s in it for you?\nWe are an employer that is committed to making a difference for families and communities and supporting people to build rewarding careers. We achieve this through employing people who connect with our Values (Commitment to listen. Courage to Act and Integrity to Deliver) that underpin our way of working together. We are committed to investing in our people, developing both individuals and teams to support a high-performance culture.\nWe prioritise your wellbeing through health insurance, annual flu vaccinations and extra sick leave in your first year. \nWe provide a comfortable work environment through modern office facilities with free onsite parking, gym, and café. \nWe recognise your commitment through long service benefits. \nWe balance work with fun through our active social club! \nAbout Us\nFor more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation and utility customers around the world. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now have a network of customers and offices that spans the globe.\nOur employees value being part of a creative team committed to providing technological solutions that make a real difference to the communities we support. By joining Tait, you'll be joining a community of people with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, who care deeply about their work and the genuine impact it has for our customers, and who support each other to grow and develop.\nDiversity & Inclusion Statement\nTait Communications is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to succeed.\nWe are encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply.\nHow to Apply\nSound like your kind of role? If you are looking to take the next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organization, alongside talented people, please submit your application with CV and cover letter via our online careers site. Only applications submitted through the official application process will be considered.\nApplications will be assessed as they are received, and your CV will be held unless you contact us to request this to be removed.\nFor more information about the company, our products and solutions offered to our customers, please visit our website: www.taitcommunications.com \nWe encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5010,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["RF & Wireless Hardware","Network Equipment"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T16:51:00Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-20T00:07:51Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/taitcommunications-industrial-designer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/taitcommunications-industrial-designer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-20T20:03:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":23246,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":51260},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=51260"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftaitcommunications-industrial-designer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftaitcommunications-industrial-designer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftaitcommunications-industrial-designer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/taitcommunications-industrial-designer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftaitcommunications-industrial-designer"}]}