Industrial Designer

With a steady stream of incoming development projects in a growing number of categories, combined with added focus on end-user insights and design efforts into predevelopment projects we need to strengthen our Design team in Hillerstorp with an experienced Industrial Designer.

As an Industrial Designer, you will take an active role in product development projects. This means developing product functionality, based on consumer insight, and the visual design language through vast iterative ideation at the early stages, and creating detailed and validated solutions in the latter.

To succeed in this role you need to be an Industrial Designer with a strong interest to understand and empathize with the user together with a keen interest to create great long-lasting products. You have a strong understanding of design principles, a developed aesthetic sense, a creative mindset, and excellent problem-solving skills. Furthermore, you have advanced skills in sketching and visualizing and are comfortable working with hands-on development building mock-ups and prototypes. You are also familiar with relevant manufacturing processes as they pertain to product design.

You have an academic degree in related fields and some years of relevant work experience, preferably within the consumer products field for high-volume production. Experience in Soft goods design is a plus. We require excellent communication skills in English and we expect you to be comfortable facilitating workshops and creating convincing visual and verbal presentations.

We believe in strong team work both within your own team but also across teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.

This position will be based at our Product Development Center in Hillerstorp.

About our Global Product Development Department

Globally we are over 250 engineers out of the majority working in our Global Product Development Center in Hillerstorp (Sweden). Our cross-functional team consists of highly skilled and motivated members with a well-balanced variety of experiences. We are a truly global company with an international and multi-cultural team. We see a great future with a continued passion for product development, which is vital for our company’s growth. We set great value in our working environment and offer great premises designed for product development. In our recently opened Global R&D center in Hillerstorp we have expanded with new offices, landscapes, team rooms, and creative areas, but also great prototype areas including cut & sew.

Interested?

You will report to Director Designovation, Daniel Åhman, who is able to answer detailed questions regarding this position, 0370–25633. Please apply through our website www.thulegroup.com/open-positions with CV, personal letter and portfolio attached. We want your application as soon as possible but no later than 4th of September.

We are looking forward hearing from you! Welcome with your application!

About Thule Group


Thule Group is a global sports and outdoor company. We offer high-quality products with smart features and a sustainable design that make it easy for people across the globe to live an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. — and with a focus on consumer-driven innovation and long-term sustainability — we develop, manufacture and market products within the product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents mounted on cars), Active with Kids (strollers, bike trailers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for RVs and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (hiking backpacks, luggage and camera bags).


Thule Group has about 3,300 employees at nine production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group’s products are sold in 140 markets and in 2021, sales amounted to SEK 10.4 billion.


www.thulegroup.com