About this role
What we’re looking for <div style="text-align:justify;">We are looking for an Industrial Designer to shape TwentyFour Industries’ physical products so function, usability, manufacturability and a recognizable product language reinforce each other. </div><br><div style="text-align:justify;">You will turn rugged technical systems into coherent products that operators can understand, trust and use under real conditions. Your scope spans aircraft, ground-control equipment, accessories, transport, charging and other operator-facing hardware. </div><br><div style="text-align:justify;">This role is for a hands-on designer who works closely with engineering from the beginning—using sketches, CAD, mock-ups, prototypes and field observation to improve the architecture, not decorate it after the fact. </div> The day-to-day <ul><li style="text-align:justify;">Own industrial design across aircraft, ground-control equipment, accessories, transport, charging and operator-facing hardware. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Translate mission context, operator workflows, environmental constraints and technical architecture into physical product concepts. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Create sketches, CAD surfaces, mock-ups and functional prototypes to make design decisions early and tangible. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Work directly with mechanical, electronics, RF, thermal, production and systems engineers so design improves the architecture. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Develop a coherent design language across the portfolio, including form, material, colour, finish, labelling and physical interaction. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Design for field use: gloved handling, visibility, setup speed, maintainability, transport, cleaning, damage tolerance and low-light operation. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Support DFM/DFA, supplier discussions and the transition from prototypes to repeatable production. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Use user observation, testing and failure evidence to refine designs; join field tests and demonstrations regularly. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Balance speed, cost, ruggedness, signature, mass and manufacturability without losing product coherence. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Create design documentation and specifications that survive engineering change and production scale-up.</li></ul> You should apply if you <ul><li style="text-align:justify;"> Have 4+ years in industrial design for technical, rugged, mobility, robotics, aerospace, defence or professional hardware products. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Have an excellent portfolio showing concept development through production, including constraints, trade-offs and physical prototyping. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Bring strong CAD and visualisation capability plus hands-on model-making and rapid-prototyping skills. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Understand materials and processes such as injection moulding, composites, machined parts, additive manufacturing and soft goods. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Can work at startup speed, accept incomplete inputs and iterate closely with engineering. <br><br></li><li style="text-align:justify;">Bring low ego, strong judgement and a willingness to test designs outside the studio. </li></ul> Nice to haves <ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Experience with UAVs, aerospace, defence, robotics or ruggedised field equipment. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Experience designing complete product families rather than isolated products. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Knowledge of human factors, maintainability, transport systems or field repairability. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Experience taking products through supplier selection, tooling, first articles and production ramp.</div></li></ul> What we offer <ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Portfolio-level influence:</strong> Define the physical product language across aircraft and their wider operating ecosystem. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Design with engineering:</strong> Shape architecture, usability and manufacturability from the earliest concepts. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Real field feedback:</strong> See products used, test assumptions and improve designs from operational evidence. </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Visible impact:</strong> Build products whose usability and physical coherence directly affect mission performance and trust. </div></li></ul>