Senior Industrial Designer

Job summary

Generate and communicate diverse product concepts, build prototypes, and validate designs through structured user testing and ergonomic research. Refine products with feedback and collaborate with product, clinical, engineering, and manufacturing partners to deliver production-ready golden samples.

Job details

Hybrid (Toronto) | Full-Time | $80,000-$100,000 CAD About Sidekick At Sidekick, our mission is simple: help people recover faster from persistent injuries. Trusted by Olympic champions and everyday individuals, our products have been featured in Men’s Health, Running Magazine, and more. With 94% of users reporting relief from chronic pain, we’re on a mission to become the go-to injury relief brand. About the Role As we continue to grow our line of rehabilitation and pain relief products, we're looking for an Industrial Designer to lead concept development and design execution across our product portfolio. You'll be the creative engine behind our product line — generating innovative concepts, building and testing prototypes, and refining products based on real user feedback. You'll work closely with our Product Manager, physiotherapists, and manufacturing partners to bring products from brief to golden sample. Key Responsibilities 1) Concept Development Phase Generate 10–20+ diverse product concepts per brief, exploring varied mechanisms, materials, and ergonomic approaches Conduct benchmarking and ergonomic research to inform concept direction Rapidly visualize and communicate concepts through sketching, rendering, or quick mockups Build early-stage mockups to validate mechanisms and usability before committing to a direction 2) Validation & Refinement Phase Lead structured focus group testing sessions and synthesize ergonomic and user value feedback Refine comfort, usability, aesthetics, and interaction design based on testing outcomes Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing partners to optimize designs for production Support development of the golden sample, ensuring the final design meets quality and manufacturability standards Skills, Experience & Ideal Fit Prolific concept generator — you explore the full solution space before converging, not just iterating on what exists Strong visual communicator — sketches, renders, or whatever gets the idea across quickly Hands-on prototyper — comfortable with foam, fabric, off-the-shelf hardware, 3D printing, whatever the fidelity calls for Hard and soft goods experience — our products combine rigid structures with textiles and straps, so both matter Understands manufacturability — you think about tooling, tolerances, and assembly from the start, not at handoff User-research capable — you can run a focus group, synthesize feedback, and translate it into design decisions Collaborative — you'll work within a structured process alongside PMs, physios, and engineers, not in isolation Benefits Competitive compensation + Performance-based bonus Comprehensive health benefits Dedicated, collaborative, and supportive colleagues Fast-paced, dynamic environment Opportunity to shape entire product lines from concept through production Hybrid with work-from-home days To apply Please fill in the form to apply: https://sidekicktool.typeform.com/to/QrKiPbC7 All applicants who have not filled in the form will not be considered.

What you’ll do

Generate and communicate diverse product concepts, build prototypes, and validate designs through structured user testing and ergonomic research. Refine products with feedback and collaborate with product, clinical, engineering, and manufacturing partners to deliver production-ready golden samples.

Requirements

The ideal candidate has experience designing both hard and soft goods, communicates ideas visually, and can build prototypes using materials and methods suited to the required fidelity. They can conduct user research and focus groups, translate feedback into design decisions, and account for manufacturability throughout the design process.

Benefits

• Performance-Based Bonus
• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• Supportive Colleagues
• Opportunity To Shape Product Lines
• Hybrid Work With Work-From-Home Days

Listed skills

• Product Design · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Industrial Design
• Concept Development
• Product Design
• Sketching And Rendering
• Prototyping
• Ergonomic Research
• User Research
• Focus Group Testing
• Feedback Synthesis
• Hard And Soft Goods Design
• Materials Selection
• Design For Manufacturability
• Tooling And Tolerances
• Assembly
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Product Validation

Job areas

• Art & Design
• Engineering
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing

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