Hardware Interaction Designer

TL;DR

Hardware Interaction Designer: Designing complex interaction systems that straddle hardware and software for consumer tech products with an accent on multi-modal experiences including buttons, screens, sound, voice, light, motion, and haptics. Focus on imagining, researching, conceiving, specifying, and pitching new features, systems, or whole product concepts while bridging artists and engineers.

London, England, United Kingdom (studio in King’s Cross, London)

Company

hirify.global is a technology company founded in London in 2020, backed by GV, EQT Ventures, and others, building exciting tech products sold in 40+ markets with millions of users worldwide.

What you will do

• Shape how products work and feel through intuitive interaction design.
• Design full-body product experiences across multiple senses and modalities.
• Research, conceive, specify, and pitch new features, systems, or product concepts.
• Collaborate with industrial designers, engineers, and other disciplines in an interdisciplinary team.
• Build and prototype interactions both on-screen and in real life.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, industrial design, or related discipline.
• Experience designing interaction systems intersecting hardware, software, and connective elements.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, visual, written), observation, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
• Meticulous attention to detail, user-centered design intuition, and original idea generation.
• Comfortable working with artists and engineers, multi-modal thinking (buttons, screens, sound, haptics, etc.).
• Honesty, transparency, empathy, and highly tuned taste.

Culture & Benefits

• Interdisciplinary design team focused on ideas, innovation, and diverse perspectives.
• Culture of creativity, collaboration, and technological reinvention.
• Global audience with emphasis on balanced team from all backgrounds.
• Studio environment in King’s Cross, London.