Your mission
Aivan is looking for an
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
(with a technical, production-savvy mindset)
to join our product design team.
Your profile
Aivan is a leading Nordic design and innovation studio. We help launch, grow, and evolve progressive businesses by integrating brand, design, and communication.
Are you an industrial designer who thrives on turning ideas into real, manufacturable products? Do you enjoy working hands-on — from sketch to prototype to production — while balancing aesthetics, usability, and technical feasibility? We’re looking for a designer with a maker’s mind to join our team.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the design process from initial concept to final production
- Solve complex design challenges with a blend of creativity and technical know-how
- Work closely with manufacturers, engineers, and internal teams to ensure feasibility and cost-effectiveness
- Mockup / Prototype building
- Prepare detailed 3D models and manufacturing drawings
- Build and test mockups and prototypes to refine ideas
- Keep a sharp eye on production details and timelines
- Mentor junior designers and contribute to a collaborative studio culture
What we’re looking for:
- 5–10 years of experience in product development, ideally in a design studio setting
- Solid knowledge of materials and manufacturing technologies
- Strong 3D CAD skills — preferably SolidWorks or other parametric CAD software.
- Experience in creating clear and accurate manufacturing documentation
- A technically curious mindset — no engineering degree needed, but you speak the language of production
- Proven ability to take concepts from idea to implementation, with a focus on usability and production
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
If you are interested but have not needed experience, please look at our other open position: Mechanical Engineer. You find this on our career page https://aivan.fi/about/careers/
Join us
Please submit your CV and portfolio using this link. Apply by April 20th latest - we will start the interviews and will fill the open position as soon as we find suitable candidates.
See selected reference works of Aivan at www.aivan.fi and get to know Navia an official subsidiary of Aivan, focusing on the design of boats & yachts at www.navia.fi
About us
Aivan is a group of creative professionals with diverse experience, knowledge, and interests.
To deliver exceptional projects, you need curiosity, skills, empathy, and teamwork. We choose to collaborate closely with the client to fully understand the brand and its context.
Our purpose is to help companies, brands and people to transform so that change makes sense. To deeply understand what we are doing, we need to be able to change perspectives and have empathy to see multiple sides behind everything. Eventually, delivering quality is what matters and what we take pride in.
