Lead Technical Designer - Retail Design
Requirements
Candidates should have experience designing retail environments, fixtures, and displays, and be proficient in SolidWorks, including sheet metal parts, assemblies, and technical drawings. They should understand materials and manufacturing methods, have experience taking concepts through to manufactured solutions, and be able to balance creative, technical, and commercial requirements while working effectively with suppliers and manufacturers.
Job Description
About the Role
We're looking for a Technical Designer to join Dyson's Global Retail Design & Experience team.
Working at the intersection of design, engineering and manufacturing, you'll help transform innovative retail concepts into high-quality physical experiences. Partnering closely with designers, suppliers and manufacturing teams, you'll ensure ideas are developed into commercially viable, scalable solutions that can be delivered across Dyson's global retail estate.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining creativity with technical problem-solving and wants to influence projects from concept through to manufacture.
What You'll Do
- Support retail designers from early concept development through to final production
- Develop technical solutions for retail fixtures, displays and physical environments
- Create detailed CAD models, technical drawings and manufacturing documentation
- Work closely with suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure successful delivery
- Review designs for quality, cost, manufacturability and scalability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
About You
- Experience in technical design of retail environments, fixtures and displays
- Proficient in the use of SolidWorks including sheet metal parts, assembly creation and technical drawing production
- Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes and production methods – including sheet metal, timber and plastics
- Experience taking concepts through to manufactured solutions
- Ability to balance creative intent with technical and commercial requirements
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience working with suppliers and manufacturers
Why Join Dyson?
This role offers the opportunity to shape how customers experience Dyson products around the world. You'll work on innovative retail environments, collaborate with talented multidisciplinary teams, and help bring ambitious design concepts to life at a global scale.
If you're passionate about design, engineering and creating exceptional physical experiences, we'd love to hear from you.
Benefits
Financial Benefits
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Bonus or commission depending on role
Lifestyle Benefits
- 27 days of holiday (Buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave)
- Free lunch, hot drinks and fruit on-site
- Free on-site gym (Malmesbury)
- Free on-site hair salon (Malmesbury)
- Dyson discount codes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Free Dyson bus from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham and Swindon
- GymFlex and My Active discounts
Health Benefits
- Private medical insurance for all employees
- Private dental insurance (level dependant)
- Optical plan
- Free on-site GP, physiotherapists and mental health professionals (Malmesbury)
- Digital GP and prescription service
- Assisted fertility support
- Peppy app: fertility, birth and menopause support
- Employee Assistance Programme
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
Skills
About Dyson
Dyson solves real-world problems and creates better products through the application of engineering, science, design and creativity. It is a family-owned, global technology company, founded by Sir James Dyson who remains at the helm alongside his son Jake. Since inventing the first cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaner, the DC01, Dyson has consistently invested in research and development to improve its products and technologies radically. Dyson offers products across a growing range of areas: floorcare, air purification, robotics, haircare including formulations, lighting, hand drying, and most recently audio. Dyson continues to expand into new areas. Today, Dyson sells products in more than 80 markets, has 450 Dyson stores worldwide and is available in all major technology and beauty retailers. Dyson has global headquarters in Singapore and major technology campuses in Singapore, the UK, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its global team of engineers, scientists and software developers are focused on developing technology-enabled products which work better and which people love to use. Key areas of focus have included high-speed electric digital motors, sensing and vision systems, robotics, machine learning and aerodynamics. Beyond products, to encourage an inventive future, Dyson is also inspiring the next generation of engineers and inventors through the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, the James Dyson Foundation and the James Dyson Award. The Dyson family applies its problem-solving approach in other fields, and established Dyson Farming in 2012. It is one of the largest farming businesses in the UK, extending to 36,000 acres across Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset. It is a family-owned enterprise unlike any other, focussed on long-term investment in British farming and the countryside to grow tasty and nutritious food.
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