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We're a high-tech home security company that's passionate about protecting the life you've built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we've created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you're building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We don't just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.
We're embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.
Why are we hiring?
Well, we're growing and thriving. So, we need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.
The Job
SimpliSafe is looking for an Industrial Designer to help design the next generation of home security products. Working closely with Design Leads, you will understand our customers, learn their painpoints, and then transform user needs into compelling new concepts and bring innovative physical products from early ideation to mass production. This role is ideal for a creative, detail oriented and problem solving designer who excels at early-stage concepting, rapid hands-on prototyping, and preserving design intent through execution.
- Explore and translate user needs and insights into compelling product concepts, forms, and experiences.
- Build quick, scrappy physical prototypes and foam models to rapidly test ideas, validate ergonomic choices, and gather user feedback.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and UX to guide Industrial Design directions from early exploration to execution.
- Sketch collaboratively to explore form, CMF (Color, Material, and Finish), and user interactions, effectively communicating solutions across teams.
- Create detailed CAD models and high-quality 3D renderings to convey design intent and functional vision clearly.
- Produce comprehensive design documentation including detailed drawings, CMF specifications, and production artwork, and communicate ongoing DFM issues through part review documents to clearly convey design intent.
- Partner with Engineering and external manufacturing partners to adapt, refine, and maintain design integrity through production.
- Contribute to and evolve SimpliSafe's Design Language System (DLS), ensuring hardware decisions align across the product ecosystem.
What you'll need to be successful
- A strong digital portfolio demonstrating your end-to-end design process, highlighting early concepting, user-centered problem solving, form development, and scrappy prototyping.
- Strong storytelling capabilities, and a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset.
- A strong eye for detail and a deep appreciation for aesthetics.
- Excellent ideation, form-giving, CAD & digital prototyping skills.
- Strong hand and digital sketching skills to rapidly generate, iterate, and communicate aesthetic and functional ideas.
- Passion for rapid, scrappy physical prototyping (paper, foam, 3D printing) to test concepts quickly with users and validate design direction.
- High proficiency in 3D CAD modeling to build precise surface geometries (KeyShot, V-Ray).
- Expertise in 3D rendering and visualization to produce compelling presentation-quality visuals (KeyShot, V-Ray).
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, and CMF specification documentation.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with mechanical/electrical engineering and manufacturing partners to navigate trade-offs while upholding design intent.
- Experience working within or contributing to a hardware Design Language System.
Experience
3-6 years of professional hardware design experience
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (or equivalent).
Proven track record of designing high-quality consumer products that integrate physical and digital components.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
Onsite Requirement: Strong preference for onsite collaboration Tuesday through Thursday.
What Values You'll Share
- Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
- Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
- No Ego - Maintaining a "no job too small" attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
- One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
- Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
- Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.
What We Offer
- A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive.
- A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here).
- Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
The target annual base pay range for this role is $86,300 - $115,000.
This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages, including base pay, taking into consideration employees' job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and other relevant business factors.
Beyond base pay, we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.
We're committed to fair and equitable pay practices, as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.
We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals, no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure, but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of a position, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@simplisafe.com.
About SimpliSafe
We're a high-tech home security company that's passionate about protecting the life you've built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we've created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you're building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We don't just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.
We're embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.
Why are we hiring?
Well, we're growing and thriving. So, we need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.
The Job
SimpliSafe is looking for an Industrial Designer to help design the next generation of home security products. Working closely with Design Leads, you will understand our customers, learn their painpoints, and then transform user needs into compelling new concepts and bring innovative physical products from early ideation to mass production. This role is ideal for a creative, detail oriented and problem solving designer who excels at early-stage concepting, rapid hands-on prototyping, and preserving design intent through execution.
- Explore and translate user needs and insights into compelling product concepts, forms, and experiences.
- Build quick, scrappy physical prototypes and foam models to rapidly test ideas, validate ergonomic choices, and gather user feedback.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and UX to guide Industrial Design directions from early exploration to execution.
- Sketch collaboratively to explore form, CMF (Color, Material, and Finish), and user interactions, effectively communicating solutions across teams.
- Create detailed CAD models and high-quality 3D renderings to convey design intent and functional vision clearly.
- Produce comprehensive design documentation including detailed drawings, CMF specifications, and production artwork, and communicate ongoing DFM issues through part review documents to clearly convey design intent.
- Partner with Engineering and external manufacturing partners to adapt, refine, and maintain design integrity through production.
- Contribute to and evolve SimpliSafe's Design Language System (DLS), ensuring hardware decisions align across the product ecosystem.
What you'll need to be successful
- A strong digital portfolio demonstrating your end-to-end design process, highlighting early concepting, user-centered problem solving, form development, and scrappy prototyping.
- Strong storytelling capabilities, and a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset.
- A strong eye for detail and a deep appreciation for aesthetics.
- Excellent ideation, form-giving, CAD & digital prototyping skills.
- Strong hand and digital sketching skills to rapidly generate, iterate, and communicate aesthetic and functional ideas.
- Passion for rapid, scrappy physical prototyping (paper, foam, 3D printing) to test concepts quickly with users and validate design direction.
- High proficiency in 3D CAD modeling to build precise surface geometries (KeyShot, V-Ray).
- Expertise in 3D rendering and visualization to produce compelling presentation-quality visuals (KeyShot, V-Ray).
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, and CMF specification documentation.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with mechanical/electrical engineering and manufacturing partners to navigate trade-offs while upholding design intent.
- Experience working within or contributing to a hardware Design Language System.
Experience
3-6 years of professional hardware design experience
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (or equivalent).
Proven track record of designing high-quality consumer products that integrate physical and digital components.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
Onsite Requirement: Strong preference for onsite collaboration Tuesday through Thursday.
What Values You'll Share
- Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
- Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
- No Ego - Maintaining a "no job too small" attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
- One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
- Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
- Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.
What We Offer
- A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive.
- A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here).
- Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
The target annual base pay range for this role is $86,300 - $115,000.
This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages, including base pay, taking into consideration employees' job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and other relevant business factors.
Beyond base pay, we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.
We're committed to fair and equitable pay practices, as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.
We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals, no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure, but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of a position, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@simplisafe.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as an Industrial Designer
Align your portfolio to PERM job requirements
PERM labor certification locks in the specific duties and degree requirements your employer will advertise. Make sure your portfolio demonstrates skills that map precisely to those listed duties, since USCIS will later verify your qualifications match the certified position.
Target manufacturers with active PERM filings
Search the OFLC Wage Search tool for Industrial Designer LCA filings by employer to identify companies already familiar with the PERM process. Firms that have filed repeatedly are far more likely to sponsor new hires than those encountering the process for the first time.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Filter your job search on Migrate Mate specifically for Industrial Designer roles where employers have verified green card sponsorship history. This cuts the time you spend cold-applying to companies that have never navigated PERM labor certification.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility early
EB-2 requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive specialized experience. If your credentials sit at the bachelor's level with fewer years, position yourself for EB-3 instead to avoid a PERM filing that USCIS later disputes on classification grounds.
Negotiate PERM timeline into your offer letter
Ask your hiring manager to start PERM recruitment within the first six months of employment. Delays often happen because HR deprioritizes the filing after onboarding ends, and a written commitment in your offer protects you from indefinite waiting.
Document foreign design credentials for DOL evaluation
If your industrial design degree is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation completed before your employer files the PERM application. DOL and USCIS both rely on this evaluation to confirm your foreign qualification meets the position's stated educational requirement.
Green Card Industrial Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Industrial Designer roles typically qualify as specialty occupations for green card sponsorship?
Yes. Industrial design roles generally meet the PERM specialty occupation threshold because they require a bachelor's degree or higher in industrial design, product design, or a closely related field. USCIS looks at whether the role consistently requires that specific degree, so your employer's job description must reflect that standard requirement rather than listing a degree as preferred.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Industrial Designers?
H-1B visa gives you temporary work authorization for up to six years, is subject to an annual lottery, and does not lead to permanent residency on its own. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is permanent, has no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries, and results in lawful permanent residency. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM typically takes one to two years to complete before your I-140 is even filed.
Can I search for Industrial Designer jobs that already offer green card sponsorship?
Yes. Migrate Mate lets you filter Industrial Designer roles by employers with confirmed green card sponsorship history, so you're not guessing whether a company will engage with the PERM process. Targeting employers who have already navigated PERM for similar roles significantly reduces the risk that your sponsorship stalls after you accept an offer.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers mid-process?
If you leave your employer before your I-140 petition is approved, the entire PERM labor certification is void and your new employer must restart the process from scratch. Once your I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, portability rules under AC21 may allow you to change to a similar role without losing your place in the queue. Discuss this timing with your employer before making any moves.
Does my country of birth affect how long my Industrial Designer green card takes?
Yes. Green card priority dates are tied to your country of birth, not citizenship. EB-3 applicants born in India or China face significant backlogs measured in years because demand from those countries far exceeds the annual per-country allocation. Applicants born in most other countries move through EB-3 at a much faster pace. Check the monthly Visa Bulletin published by the State Department to see your current wait estimate.