Intern - Industrial Designer

The role

You will lead the exterior design of LeLamp and develop its visual language, form, and emotional presence. You will work with the CEO and founding team to take the robot from early sketches to shipped products.

What you will do

• Lead the exterior design of LeLamp across product generations.
• Develop the product's visual language, form, materials, and emotional presence.
• Sketch and present design directions that communicate personality.
• Translate concepts into production-ready 3D models with mechanical engineers.
• Define CMF specs and maintain documentation.
• Review prototypes and cosmetic samples against design intent.
• Contribute to how the robot is presented visually, including packaging, photography, and art direction.
• Own Class-A surfacing for injection molded and fabricated exterior parts.
• Prepare visual references, annotated models, and finish sample boards.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years in industrial or product design (consumer hardware or robotics).
• Strong portfolio showing proportion, detail, and emotional sensitivity.
• Have taken products from concept to production.
• Fluent in Rhino, Alias, Fusion, or similar tools.
• Comfortable designing without clear precedents.
• Have Class-A surfacing experience.
• Have worked with CMF specs and injection molding vendors.
• Understand DFM constraints (draft, parting lines, textures).
• Have a sharp eye for cosmetic quality.

About the company

Human Computer Lab is a research lab building character robots that feel alive and responsive. Their goal is to push the frontier of human-robot interaction by making technology more legible, emotionally intuitive, and human-centered.