Roles · Manufacturing

AI industrial designer

Prepares sketches and detailed drawings using computer-aided design equipment. Modifies designs to conform with customer specifications and production limitations.

Katya Moreau“I prepare sketches and modify designs for manufactured products.”An example character, not a real person.
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Industrial designer · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Prepare sketches and detailed drawings using computer-aided design equipment.
  2. Modify and refine designs to conform with customer specifications.
  3. Research production specifications and provide cost estimates and requirements.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Commercial and Industrial Designers” (O*NET 27-1021.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
  • Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
  • Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.

Industrial designer · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Figma
  • Microsoft Excel

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits

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