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Responsibilities
About Team: The Innovation Team is part of the Industrial Design organization, with a primary focus on incubating new ideas and product concepts. The team takes a holistic view of the product experience and explores how emerging technologies can be leveraged to create meaningful, delightful, and genuinely useful user experiences. We strongly believe in learning by building. As a result, the team continuously seeks individuals who can rapidly prototype and develop end-to-end product experiences, enabling us to quickly test, validate, and refine ideas through an iterative, fast-paced development cycle. About the Role: We are looking for a creative problem solver who is obsessed with the physical relationship between technology and the user. In this role, you will champion the "physical experience"—how a product feels, fits, and moves with the user. You will take deep human factors insights and synthesize them into tangible, creative solutions. Your goal is to make the technology disappear, leaving only a comfortable, intuitive, and delightful experience. Responsibilities Synthesize & Create: Convert dry ergonomic requirements into inspiring design concepts. Use human factors analysis as a springboard for creative problem solving rather than a checklist. Iterative Sculpting: Lead the physical refinement of products through a tight loop of design, prototype, and user-testing. You will physically prove that a design works for the intended population. Data-Informed Creativity: Leverage data analysis tools (MATLAB, DOE) to identify "sweet spots" in sizing and fit, using math to back up your design intuition. Empathy in Action: Design and execute immersive user studies that uncover unarticulated needs, translating those insights into actionable design improvements. Design-to-Production: Partner with operations to ensure that the "perfect fit" achieved in the lab can be mass-produced without losing the user-centric details.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Design, Human Factors/Ergonomics, Biomechanics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field. Demonstrated experience applying human factors or ergonomic principles to physical products, ideally wearable or body-interfacing devices. Hands-on experience with prototyping workflows, including 3D CAD, rapid prototyping methods, and physical mock-ups. Ability to design, run, and interpret structured studies (e.g., wear-tests, surveys, basic DOE-style experiments) and translate findings into design decisions. Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams (design, engineering, manufacturing, research). Preferred qualifications Experience using MATLAB or similar tools for ergonomic analysis, statistical modeling, and design-of-experiments. Familiarity with DFA (Design for Assembly) principles and manufacturing processes, and the ability to incorporate production constraints into early design decisions. Experience designing or testing products intended for extended wear (e.g., head-worn, body-worn, or handheld devices) across diverse user populations. Portfolio or case studies that demonstrate end-to-end work from user insight → prototype → test → refined, manufacturable design, highlighting both creative and analytical thinking.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $137245 - $255867 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About Pico
Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.
Why Join ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
