Founding Designer, Head of Creative

About Deft Robotics Our mission is to build the world’s first labor agency that deploys dexterous robots as its primary workforce. What You'll Do • Own the robot's industrial design — form, materials, surface treatment, and color — and shepherd your design intent through DFM, supplier reviews, and into production parts • Build Deft's brand from scratch — visual identity, design system, pitch decks, website, trade show presence, and demo videos • Design operator-facing UX for robot monitoring and control, optimized for noisy factory environments • Collaborate daily with engineers on mechanical, electrical, and software teams — you're a creative partner, not a downstream executor • Lay the design foundation — tools, workflows, and eventually a team — as Deft scales Required Qualifications • 5+ years spanning both industrial/product design and brand/visual design • Shipped real electromechanical hardware into production — consumer electronics, industrial devices, or robotics; worked directly with an engineering team through DFM and manufacturing (university projects don't count) • Fluent in manufacturing tradeoffs — tooling, parting lines, surface specs, BOM cost — you've had these conversations with CMs and lived with the outcomes • Experience in robotics, industrial automation, power tools, medical devices, or adjacent electromechanical categories • Visual communication chops — your decks and brand work are as strong as your renderings • Proficient in Onshape/SolidWorks, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and KeyShot (or equivalents) • Startup or early-stage hardware experience — you make fast, high-quality calls with limited information Hiring Process • Phone screen + 2 virtual technical interviews + onsite

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