Senior Industrial Designer
Lime
Design
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Feb 1, 2025
Lime is the world's largest shared electric vehicle company. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered 700+ million rides in 250+ cities on 5 continents, replacing an estimated 150+ million car trips. Named a Time 100 Most Influential Company and Fast Company Brand That Matters, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally.
Lime is hiring a Senior Industrial Designer to join our dynamic Hardware Design team. We are seeking a creative, thoughtful and knowledgeable designer to help us craft the future of shared micromobility hardware. In this role, you will work alongside the SF based design team and imagine industry leading hardware products and experiences start-to-finish through concepting, prototyping, detailed refinement, and DFM support. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on industrial designer to make an impact delivering sustainable, intuitive, and lasting mobility solutions at a fast-moving company.
While Lime is remote-first, this role is based in the SF Bay Area where Lime has its San Francisco Hardware Development Lab and Headquarters. It is a hybrid role that includes regular weekly time in the lab for in-person design activities.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate closely with the ID and ME team to innovate the best in class shared mobility hardware – now and in the future.
- Create and present elegant industrial design work for compelling, mass-produced mobility products – with an eye towards manufacturability and durability.
- Provide thoughtful multifaceted design solutions with all of Lime stakeholders in mind: Riders, Ops, Engineering.
- Collaborate and contribute to ID team deliverables from problem statement or research insight through brainstorming, concept sketching, mock-ups, prototyping, concept refinement, and CMF to the final delivery.
- Own and lead projects collaborating with cross-functional teams from start to finish proactively seeking feedback and escalating risks.
- Create lightweight, rapid concept mock-ups for stakeholder review and develop great designs through iterative prototyping at our in-house 3D print lab and metal shop.
- Bring a well-rounded design process including: sketching, high quality visual communication including rendering and presentation storytelling, iterative prototyping, complex 3D surface development, and detailed documentation.
About You:
- You are a curious, organized and hands-on industrial designer that likes to prototype and test your ideas.
- You love to think broadly connecting culture, and experience attributes to your architectural design ideas.
- You are a proactive team player, eager to jump in and contribute to the team’s goals.
- You are comfortable to move projects forward with nebulous goals and direction.
- You have experience designing products from start to finish collaborating with engineering development and defending key details to maintain ID and UX integrity.
- You hold a high bar for excellence in industrial design.
- You are comfortable working with stakeholders to understand complex problems and identifying pragmatic paths forward based on design impact.
- BA in Industrial Design with 5+ years of industrial design experience.
- A portfolio showcasing recent products you’ve designed (and that were manufactured) which displays a refined aesthetic sense, polished skillset, and a thorough ID process.
- Proficiency with Solidworks, Keyshot and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience developing ruggedized, transportation or micromobility products.
- Experience working with overseas teams and vendors.
- Ability to travel to Lime markets and factories in the US, Europe, and Asia as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
The anticipated salary range for this position is $142,000 - $196,000. Annual performance bonus, equity and benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, depending on the position offered. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the candidate’s location of residence, the successful candidate's skills, experience and other qualifications. In addition to base salary, some roles may be eligible for a variable performance-bonus based on a combination of company performance, employee performance, and management discretion.
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Why Lime?
When you join Lime, you join a global community of smart, caring, talented individuals working together to deliver world-changing results; striving to create an experience that enables Limers to do their best work. Here are some ways we support and invest in our team:
Competitive salaries, performance-based annual bonus and pre-IPO equity
Health and wellness offerings for all team members starting day one including access to top-tier fitness and mindfulness apps
Flexible vacation policies with ample paid holidays tailored to country of residence
Fully-paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child and financial, medical and educational support for Limers pursuing parenthood
Support for retirement and financial goals with unlimited access to financial advisors
Unlimited, complimentary use of our vehicles in hundreds of cities around the world
Professional growth opportunities through quarterly learning days and top-tier tools
Opportunities to connect across teams and locations to network, socialize and volunteer
Culture of belonging with Employee Resource Groups that engage and promote cultural awareness and DEI training across all functions
Consistent recognition of great work through meaningful rewards and career advancements
Benefits and perks vary depending on the nature of your employment and country of residence. Terms and conditions may apply.
If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.
Lime is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and globally diverse team – which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email recruiting-operations@li.me for assistance.
Use of artificial intelligence or an LLM such as ChatGPT during the interview process will be grounds for rejection of your application.
Lime will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, the California Fair Chance Act, and other applicable law. When reviewing an applicant's criminal history, Lime will consider all of the material duties listed above to determine if there is an adverse and negative relationship between any criminal history and the ability to perform the material duties of the job.
