Job description
Job Category: Software Engineering: Creative
Location: London, GB
Job ID: 859756-131521
Division: Devices and Studios Engineering
Product Design Lead - Lift London
Devices and Studios: Europe, Middle East, Asia
Salary range: Competitive salary plus bonus and excellent benefits
Location: Soho, London
Team Mission
We are Lift London, a 21st Century Entertainment Studio established in 2012 to craft entertainment for tablets, smartphones and beyond. We aim to excite, amuse and delight - wherever you are, whenever you want. We don’t just design, code, or write, it’s more important than that; we’re here for the players. We help you spawn heroes, fight monsters and imagine new universes. Games & Entertainment have the power to transform bringing people together. We have a number of games & entertainment experiences that will be launching soon - but it’s all a bit hush-hush for now. We are always on the lookout for talented kindred spirits. Enough about us. Now about you! Tell us your story.
The Lift Labs Team invent cutting-edge innovative products that create impact and magic in the marketplace.
This role oversees physical product design, invention and engineering, taking wild ideas from dreams to prototypes to reality.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead Product Design & Engineering
- Drive product design and development by harnessing your design & engineering expertise from a variety of fields including industrial design, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.
- Concept, produce and engineer physical prototypes and specifications with 3D modelling, CAD software, rapid manufacturing technologies.
- Develop and manage network of external vendors to bring the right skills and expertise into the product process.
- Communicate your vision and ideas with the Innovation Director and the rest of the team through sketches, visualisations and prototypes.
- Collaborate with other key members of the Lift Labs Team to deliver on a holistic product vision and business strategy.
Innovate Product Experiences & Strategy
- Work with the Innovation Director to set high-level strategy for products
- Understand consumer needs and participate in user research and insights analysis
- Understand business needs and participate in discussions around business analysis and planning
- Contribute to design of product software and user experiences to create holistic physical/digital experiences.
- Be a hands-on member of the team, helping to prototype on the software side where necessary
- Be an advocate and expert for innovation and design process
Oversee Supply Chain & Manufacturing
- Own the process for taking physical products from prototype to manufacture
- Establish performance and quality criteria for production
- Oversee Supply Chain and Manufacturers, working with other parts of Microsoft to establish process
- Educate the rest of the team on the manufacturing process
- Establish external and internal partnerships to help the business deliver on products and seek out new opportunities
Key Success Criteria:
- Be passionate for the big picture vision and the details of the thing so that we can deliver what we envision at every level
- Be driven by the achievement of making something real in the world
- Always opt to demonstrate your ideas rather than just talk about them
- Be a positive, active, contributing leader in the team
- Be able to multitask and work under pressure
- Strong abilities as both a creative and an engineer
- Work collaboratively in a team environment, while having a voice that represents your point-of-view
- Passion for new computing technologies and pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction
- Stay curious
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in industrial/product design and mechanical engineering
- Sketching, 3D modelling, CAD software
- Electrical engineering background or deep knowledge of electronic prototyping ideally including ability to design PCBs for fabrication
- Knowledge of electronic sensors, actuators, circuitry
- Experience with rapid manufacturing techniques
- Some experience with software prototyping in environments such as Unity, Visual Studio, Xcode, Flash, etc.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
Microsoft’s privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.mspx
Location: London, GB
Job ID: 859756-131521
Division: Devices and Studios Engineering
Product Design Lead - Lift London
Devices and Studios: Europe, Middle East, Asia
Salary range: Competitive salary plus bonus and excellent benefits
Location: Soho, London
Team Mission
We are Lift London, a 21st Century Entertainment Studio established in 2012 to craft entertainment for tablets, smartphones and beyond. We aim to excite, amuse and delight - wherever you are, whenever you want. We don’t just design, code, or write, it’s more important than that; we’re here for the players. We help you spawn heroes, fight monsters and imagine new universes. Games & Entertainment have the power to transform bringing people together. We have a number of games & entertainment experiences that will be launching soon - but it’s all a bit hush-hush for now. We are always on the lookout for talented kindred spirits. Enough about us. Now about you! Tell us your story.
The Lift Labs Team invent cutting-edge innovative products that create impact and magic in the marketplace.
This role oversees physical product design, invention and engineering, taking wild ideas from dreams to prototypes to reality.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead Product Design & Engineering
- Drive product design and development by harnessing your design & engineering expertise from a variety of fields including industrial design, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.
- Concept, produce and engineer physical prototypes and specifications with 3D modelling, CAD software, rapid manufacturing technologies.
- Develop and manage network of external vendors to bring the right skills and expertise into the product process.
- Communicate your vision and ideas with the Innovation Director and the rest of the team through sketches, visualisations and prototypes.
- Collaborate with other key members of the Lift Labs Team to deliver on a holistic product vision and business strategy.
Innovate Product Experiences & Strategy
- Work with the Innovation Director to set high-level strategy for products
- Understand consumer needs and participate in user research and insights analysis
- Understand business needs and participate in discussions around business analysis and planning
- Contribute to design of product software and user experiences to create holistic physical/digital experiences.
- Be a hands-on member of the team, helping to prototype on the software side where necessary
- Be an advocate and expert for innovation and design process
Oversee Supply Chain & Manufacturing
- Own the process for taking physical products from prototype to manufacture
- Establish performance and quality criteria for production
- Oversee Supply Chain and Manufacturers, working with other parts of Microsoft to establish process
- Educate the rest of the team on the manufacturing process
- Establish external and internal partnerships to help the business deliver on products and seek out new opportunities
Key Success Criteria:
- Be passionate for the big picture vision and the details of the thing so that we can deliver what we envision at every level
- Be driven by the achievement of making something real in the world
- Always opt to demonstrate your ideas rather than just talk about them
- Be a positive, active, contributing leader in the team
- Be able to multitask and work under pressure
- Strong abilities as both a creative and an engineer
- Work collaboratively in a team environment, while having a voice that represents your point-of-view
- Passion for new computing technologies and pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction
- Stay curious
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in industrial/product design and mechanical engineering
- Sketching, 3D modelling, CAD software
- Electrical engineering background or deep knowledge of electronic prototyping ideally including ability to design PCBs for fabrication
- Knowledge of electronic sensors, actuators, circuitry
- Experience with rapid manufacturing techniques
- Some experience with software prototyping in environments such as Unity, Visual Studio, Xcode, Flash, etc.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
Microsoft’s privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.mspx