45+ years of product innovation have earned us more than 100+ design awards and 230+ patents.
Executive Director of User Experience (UX)
Are you a leader with a mix of sales and technical experience, and a deep understanding of product development services?
SKILLS: Strategic consulting experience, digital experience design and physical product design knowhow, design research and innovation, sales and business acumen
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we're a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. We work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research; creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As the Executive Director of UX, you focus on partnering with clients to position UX as their strategic advantage and develop world-class user experience across the physical and digital space. You will be the architect for multi-disciplinary UX projects, working with functional directors and subject matter experts to deliver integrated UX strategy, research, design, and implementation. You are excited about the opportunity to help grow UX as a discipline and to continuously improve Bresslergroup’s capabilities.
The role of Executive Director of User Experience is one of three Executive Director roles reporting directly to the partners of the business. The other positions are Executive Director of Design & Innovation Strategy and Executive Director of Technical Innovation. At a high level this role is a mix of sales and technical experience, where your technical knowhow and deep understanding of product development services will help you define and close projects for our strategic accounts. Your business acumen will enable you to grow the services under your area of expertise and grow our business in collaboration with the other executive directors.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a degree in Human Computer Interaction, Design, Design Planning, Marketing, Product Management, Business Strategy, Social Sciences, or related field. You have at least 15 years of work experience in strategic consulting. You have worked in consultancies and are familiar with how they operate and have a minimum of five years of consulting experience. You are familiar with the product design process and have a genuine interest in product design, providing direction for technical teams. You have experience with digital experience design but understand the physical product experience as well. You have excellent writing and speaking skills. Any business-related experience or an MBA would be considered a plus.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for design research and innovation, as evidenced by your career and education choices. You are familiar with how to plan and conduct field research and have strong experience in early generative research. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills, all needed for frequent client interactions, research facilitation, and interviews.
You are curious.
You can successfully lead clients through problem definition and the innovation process during workshop sessions. You have a keen understanding of design thinking methodologies and tools and are constantly finding ways to improve them. You will be able to bring new and fresh thinking to the Design Strategy discipline at Bresslergroup. You like to explore new territories and learn from others.
You are confident.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you are happy to adapt as situations shift. You can travel to conduct workshops and field research work on average ten to twenty percent of the time.
To apply, please email your résumé and cover letter to career@bresslergroup.com
Executive Director of Technical Innovation
Are you excited about directing teams who are developing world-class technical and innovative solutions? This role will help grow technical innovation as a core area of expertise.
SKILLS: Product development from concept generation to prototyping, project management, electromechanical aptitude, sales experience
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we're a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. We work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research; creative and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As the Executive Director of Technical Innovation, you focus on partnering with clients to position Mechanical and Electrical Engineering as their strategic advantage and develop world-class technical and innovative solutions for our clients. You will be the architect for multi-disciplinary technical projects, working with functional directors and subject matter experts to deliver integrated design and development solutions. The work starts with the technical sales process, where you will assist Account Managers in presenting our work and capabilities to clients, and work with internal team members to capture and define requirements eventually utilized to map out a robust product development process. You are excited about the opportunity to help grow Engineering as an area of strong expertise and to continuously improve Bresslergroup’ s capabilities.
The role of Executive Director of Technical Innovation is one of three Executive Director roles reporting directly to the partners of the business. The other positions are Executive Director of Design & Innovation Strategy and Executive Director of User Experience (UX). At a high level this role is a mix of sales and technical experience, where your technical know-how and deep understanding of product development services will help you define and close projects for our strategic accounts. Your business acumen will enable you to grow the services under your area of expertise and grow our business in collaboration with the other executive directors.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Product Design. You have at least 15 years of experience developing consumer, medical device, and commercial products in a product development environment. You have at least five years of engineering management or project management experience. You have also worked in a fast-paced consulting environment for at least three years and are familiar with how they operate. You are familiar with the product design process and have a genuine interest in product design providing direction for technical teams. You have excellent writing and speaking skills. Any business-related experience or an MBA would be considered a plus.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for electrical and mechanical engineering and product development, as evidenced by your career and education choices. You are familiar with every stage of the product development process, from concept generation to prototyping. You possess deep technical knowledge of both mechanical and electrical processes and materials. Your background shows that you have electromechanical aptitude, and can speak intelligently about how electrical and mechanical engineering intertwine in all forms of product development. You demonstrate high standards of workmanship and attention to detail.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a keen understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering methodologies and are constantly finding ways to improve them. You want to explore new dimensions of the electromechanical space at Bresslergroup and help the two teams work together seamlessly.
You are confident.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity because challenges with these can be ripe for unique, unexpected design solutions. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for frequent client interactions. You possess a strong work ethic and are willing to “do what it takes” to get the job done, and lead by example. You take pride in your work, but more importantly enjoy helping others succeed in theirs. You can work onsite in our Philadelphia office as needed and are willing to travel for client work.
To apply, please email your résumé and cover letter to career@bresslergroup.com
Senior Strategist, Design and Innovation
Are you passionate about innovation, envisioning the future, and helping clients connect their business goals to consumer needs? We’re looking for a talented and detail-oriented senior strategist to focus on design thinking and using research to define future consumer trends.
SKILLS: Qualitative and quantitative research methods, consumer trend forecasting, facilitating co-creation workshops, identifying data patterns, concepting processes
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we're a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. With seven disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined strategy, research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As a Strategist, you'll develop design and innovation strategies that lead clients to business success. You'll achieve that by developing foresight (envisioning the future in 2030) and connecting business goals and consumer needs (applying design thinking at a strategic level).
You'll join our growing Design and Innovation Strategy team, and collaborate with the user research, design, and engineering teams to create elegant solutions for complex innovation challenges. You'll work closely with researcher and designers and provide strategic consideration for each step of the innovation process.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a degree in business, marketing, social science, design, or a related discipline — MBA (or equivalent) preferred. You have at least five years of professional experience in a management consulting, design research, product management, or consumer insights role. You have worked in a consulting environment for at least one year and are familiar with how they operate.
You are comfortable with and fluent in discovering growth opportunities across multiple industries and developing tactical plans to turn opportunities into actions. You are excited about the opportunity to help the Design and Innovation Strategy team continue to grow and expand their capabilities and resources.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for design, innovation, and strategy, as evidenced by your career and education choices. You have extensive experience identifying business opportunities for the future, and with various qualitative and quantitative research methods. You have superior knowledge of consumer behavior and trends. You have a talent for seeing patterns in data. You are a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of how to connect consumer needs with business goals. Additionally, you are a great storyteller with the ability to explain complicated concepts in a clear, concise way to clients and internal teams. You demonstrate high standards of workmanship and attention to detail and can help improve departmental processes and best practices.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a deep understanding of business frameworks, quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and concepting processes — and you take the initiative to improve them. You’re also comfortable with global travel (role may include up to 10% travel), either on your own or as part of a team. You are self-motivated and have a demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and as part of a team.
You are confident.
You're comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You possess a strong work ethic and are willing to “do what it takes” to get the job done.
You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for research, facilitation, interviews, and client presentations. Your writing is concise, grammatically correct, and has the appropriate tone. You possess strong empathy and verbal communication skills that allow you to communicate with anyone and unlock what consumers are thinking and feeling.
You can work on-site in our Philadelphia office, and are willing to travel for client work.
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Do you have a track record of creating innovative products and of applying your engineering skills to challenging design problems? We’re looking for an experienced mechanical engineer to drive engineering excellence by acting as a Technical Lead and overseeing the planning and preparation of design deliverables.
SKILLS: Solidworks, DFM, DFA, FEA simulation, oversee mechanical design activities, design deliverables, client presentations, mentoring
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we're a motivated team of thinkers, makers and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our designs simple and elegant. With a range of disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product development process. This is how we deliver reliably innovative solutions to our clients.
Your Purpose
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Bresslergroup, you work alongside engineers, designers, and researchers in a dynamic development environment. You participate the daily activities of the Mechanical Engineering team, creating meaningful solutions to challenging product design problems. You take a lead role in the mechanical design of innovative medical devices, consumer products, and commercial projects by driving mechanical conceptualization, design definition, detailed development, engineering analysis, prototyping, and technical documentation. As a Technical Lead, you also oversee the work of other engineers, enjoy the opportunity to mentor your juniors, and may engage in several projects at a time. While your primary role is technical, you are also comfortable managing projects too, as needed.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar (advanced degrees are a plus). You have at least 10 to 15 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer, primarily in product development. You have experience working in multidisciplinary teams and an understanding of what those disciplines do and how it affects your work. You may have experience working in a consulting environment and are familiar with how they operate.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for mechanical engineering and product development, as evidenced by your career and education choices, and enjoy applying your skills and creativity to challenging design problems. You are familiar with every stage of the product development process, and possess technical knowledge of mechanical processes and materials. Your background may show that you have electromechanical or conceptualization aptitudes. You have a track record of successfully managing some portion of complex and accelerated product development programs. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills – all needed for frequent client interactions.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a keen understanding of mechanical engineering methodologies and tools and are constantly finding ways to improve them. You are eager to learn new skills and apply them to client projects.
You are confident.
You are confident in your technical abilities, and are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that allows for the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift.
You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills – all needed for effective client presentations and internal collaboration. You are an effective listener and contributor at client meetings and have demonstrated your ability to document pertinent information.
You can work on-site in our invigorating office space in the heart of downtown Philadelphia.
To apply, please email your résumé and portfolio to career@bresslergroup.com.
Mechanical Engineer
Are you passionate about creating intuitive and innovative consumer products and medical devices? We’re looking for a talented mechanical engineer to join our team creating high-quality deliverables for clients.
SKILLS: Solidworks, DFM, DFA, FEA Simulation, technical documentation, client presentations, mentoring
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated team of thinkers, makers and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our designs simple and elegant. With a range of disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product development process. This is how we deliver reliably innovative solutions to our clients.
Your Purpose
As a Mechanical Engineer at Bresslergroup, you work alongside engineers, designers, and researchers in a dynamic development environment. You participate in the daily activities of the Mechanical Engineering team, creating meaningful solutions to challenging product design problems. You are hands-on in the mechanical design of innovative medical devices, consumer products, and commercial projects by delivering on mechanical conceptualization, design definition, detailed development, engineering analysis, prototyping, and technical documentation. This range of work, on one project or multiple projects, will ensure that each day brings with it new problems to solve and unique challenges to overcome.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar (advanced degrees are a plus). You have 4 to 10 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer, primarily in product development. You have experience working in multidisciplinary teams and an understanding of what those disciplines do and how it affects your work. You may have experience working in a consulting environment and are familiar with how they operate.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for mechanical engineering and product development, as evidenced by your career and education choices, and enjoy applying your skills and creativity to challenging design problems. You are familiar with the product development process, and possess technical knowledge of mechanical processes and materials. Your background may show that you have electromechanical or conceptualization aptitudes. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for frequent client interactions.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a keen understanding of mechanical engineering methodologies and tools and are constantly finding ways to improve them. You are eager to learn new skills and apply them to client projects.
You are confident.
You are confident in your technical abilities, and are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that allows for the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift. You can work on-site in our office space in the heart of downtown Philadelphia.
To apply, please email your resume and portfolio to career@bresslergroup.com.
Embedded Software Engineer
Do you love to create software for consumer products and medical devices? We’re looking for a motivated software engineer to assist with design and application development for a variety of operating systems and environments.
SKILLS: Embedded firmware development, functional test & debug, C/C++/C#, Python, Java, prototype design, design documentation, failure analysis
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. We are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for the same in those we work with. Our work is driven by discovering insights into how our users interact with products in the real world, and our solutions are focused on seamlessly blending digital and physical layers of the experience. With six disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work alongside electrical engineers, designers, and researchers in a dynamic development environment. You will participate in the daily activities of the Electrical and Software Engineering teams, to create meaningful solutions to challenging product design problems. You will participate in the specification and design of medical devices, consumer products, and commercial products by taking an active role in ideation, architecture, component selection and software and firmware development. Your energy and enthusiasm drives our Electrical and Software Engineering teams continue to grow and improve their capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have at least a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering, Robotics, or some other related discipline. Advanced degrees are a plus but not mandatory. You have at least 2 years of experience working in software and preferably firmware development. Ideally, you have worked in a consulting environment for at least 2 years and are familiar with the way such firms operate. You have familiarity with various certification bodies for the devices you develop — FCC, CE, IEC, and others. You have experience working in multidisciplinary teams, and an understanding of what those disciplines do and how it affects your work and the project.
You are clever.
You have a passion for embedded software and firmware development, and your past work experience and side projects strongly demonstrate this passion. You are highly skilled in designing system architecture, IP selection, requirements specification, and low-level embedded firmware development. You are proficient in C and C++ for embedded development, proficient in Python for rapid prototyping, and proficient in C# or Java for development of test and other general-purpose software. You can apply your systems engineering knowledge to the design of consumer, commercial, industrial, and medical device products. You are familiar with prototype design, low-level debugging, requirements management, verification, traceability, system documentation, and failure analysis.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and to learn from others. You are passionate about emerging technology in product design and electrical engineering and interested in new ways of designing every day things. You can successfully lead clients through the full product development process, from brainstorming and conception, through testing, tooling, and production. You have a keen understanding of electrical and software engineering tools and methods and strive to find ways to improve them.
You are confident.
You are confident in your technical skills, and your ability to add value to high profile and mission critical product design challenges. You are comfortable with client-facing activities and have great interpersonal skills. You have excellent writing and presentation skills – both used frequently for client presentations and in-person meetings. You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as a project evolves. You can work on-site in our Philadelphia office, and you are willing to travel occasionally. You are confident that you will be a trusted peer to your colleagues, and a valuable asset to Bresslergroup.
To apply, please email your résumé and portfolio
Electrical Engineer
Are you an electrical engineer with a thirst for inspired solutions in electrical engineering and product design? We’re looking for a talented and creative electrical engineer to help us create innovative medical devices, consumer products, and commercial products.
SKILLS: PCB design, Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, C/C++/C# programming, electrical design, embedded firmware development, component selection, schematic design
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea – no matter how complex – and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. With seven disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined strategy, research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As an Electrical Engineer, you will work alongside engineers, designers, and researchers in a dynamic development environment. You will participate in the daily activities of the Electrical Engineering team, creating meaningful solutions to challenging product design problems. You will take part in the electrical design of innovative medical devices, consumer products, and commercial products by contributing to ideation, component selection and schematic design. You are excited about the opportunity to help the Electrical Engineering team continue to grow and improve their capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have at least a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related discipline (advanced degrees are a plus). You have at least 5 years of experience working in product electronics design with consumer, medical and commercial products. You have preferably worked in a consulting environment for at least 1 year and are familiar with how they operate. You have familiarity with various certification requirements for the devices you develop – FCC, CE, UL and others. You also have experience working in multidisciplinary teams, and an understanding of what those disciplines do and how it affects your work.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for Electrical Engineering and product design, and your past work experience and side project strongly demonstrates this passion. You are highly skilled in designing circuits, component selection, schematic design board layout, and embedded firmware development. Additionally, you can apply your systems architectural knowledge to the design of consumer, commercial and medical device products. You have an understanding of prototype design, fabrication, procurement, documentation and analysis. You can develop a test plan for verification of functionality for appropriate environments.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You are curious about emerging technology in product design and electrical engineering, and clever new ways of designing every day things. You can successfully lead clients through the full product development process, from brainstorming and conception, through testing, tooling and production. You have a keen understanding of electrical engineering methodologies and tools and are constantly findings ways to improve them.
You are confident.
You are confident in your technical skills, and your ability to add value to high profile and critical product design challenges. You have a high level of comfort in all client-facing activities and great interpersonal skills. You have excellent writing and presentation skills – both needed for frequent client interactions and presentations. You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift. You can work on-site in our Philadelphia office, and you are willing to travel occasionally for client work.
To apply, please email your resume and portfolio to career@bresslergroup.com.
Electromechanical Engineer
Are you passionate about engineering, mechatronics, and product development? We’re looking for a creative and curious electromechanical engineer to work closely with our mechanical and electrical engineering teams!
SKILLS: Solidworks, PCB layout and integration, breadboarding, component selection, DFM, DFA, engineering analysis, technical documentation
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated team of thinkers, makers and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our designs simple and elegant. With a range of disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product development process. This is how we deliver reliably innovative solutions to our clients.
Your Purpose
As an Electromechanical Engineer at Bresslergroup, you'll work alongside engineers, designers, and researchers in a dynamic development environment. You'll participate the daily activities of the Mechanical Engineering team and work closely with the Electrical Engineering team, creating meaningful solutions to challenging product design problems. You'll be hands-on in the electromechanical design of innovative medical devices, consumer products, and commercial projects by delivering on conceptualization, design definition, detailed development, engineering analysis, prototyping, and technical documentation. This range of work, on one project or multiple projects, will ensure that each day brings with it new problems to solve and unique challenges to overcome.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or similar (advanced degrees are a plus). You have four to ten years of engineering experience, primarily in electromechanical product development. You have experience working in multidisciplinary teams and an understanding of what those disciplines do and how it affects your work. You may have experience working in a consulting environment and are familiar with how they operate.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for engineering and product development, as evidenced by your career and education choices, and enjoy applying your skills and creativity to challenging design problems. You are familiar with the product development process, and possess technical knowledge of electromechanical components and implementation. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for frequent client interactions. You are an effective listener and contributor at client meetings and have demonstrated your ability to document pertinent information.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a keen understanding of engineering methodologies and tools and are constantly finding ways to improve them. You are eager to learn new skills and apply them to client projects.
You are confident.
You're confident in your technical abilities and comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that allows for the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift. You can work on-site in our office in downtown Philadelphia.
To apply, please email your résumé and portfolio to career@bresslergroup.com.
Senior Design Researcher
We’re looking for an insightful, experienced researcher to join our team and lead the full cycle of design research activities for consumer, commercial, and medical device products.
SKILLS: Study planning, analysis, statements of work, subject matter expertise, qualitative research, quantitative research, design thinking, mentoring
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. We are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded. We develop innovative and often complex concepts and turn them into marketable brand experiences. With six disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As a Senior Design Researcher, you will join our team in Center City Philadelphia and work with interaction designers, industrial designers, and strategists to be the voice and advocate for research and design thinking in the product design process. You will connect our client’s business goals with the customer needs and guide them towards user-centered design research. You will work with the Director of Design Research to help define best practices and processes to facilitate the application of design research. As a senior member of the Design Research team, you will lead by example, take initiative in leading projects, and have a keen interest in mentoring junior members of the team.
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More About You
You preferably have a degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Industrial Design, Psychology, Sociology, or a related discipline. You have at least 5 years’ experience of hands-on, professional, user experience research and analysis. Ideally, you have experience working in a consulting environment and can demonstrate your ability to manage multiple projects at once. You are skilled in qualitative research and familiar with quantitative methods. You have a proven track record of generating insights based on user-centered design research and presenting them to project teams and externally to clients. Ideally, you have experience with photo/video editing or graphic design.
You can work on-site in our fantastic office in downtown Philadelphia, but with COVID-19 affecting our day-to-day at Bresslergroup, no on-site design research is expected until after the pandemic.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for user experience and design research, as evidenced by your career and education choices. You are familiar with how to plan and conduct research, and have experience applying design thinking to products in the consumer, commercial, and medical space. You demonstrate high standards of workmanship and attention to detail.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You have a deep understanding of user research methodologies, concepting processes, approaches, and tools, and take the initiative to improve them. You’re also comfortable with global travel (role may include up to 30% travel), either on your own or as part of a team and feel confident leading research teams wherever you’re operating.
You are confident.
You have established yourself in thought-leadership within the research industry. You are a leading voice both internally and externally - publishing blog posts, speaking at conferences, and promoting Bresslergroup as an industry leader in product design.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You possess a strong work ethic and are willing to “do what it takes” to get the job done.
You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for research, facilitation, interviews, and client presentations. Your writing is concise, grammatically correct, and has the appropriate tone. You are an effective listener and contributor at client meetings and have demonstrated your ability to document pertinent information/action items/opportunities, as well as provide a written summary post-meeting. You possess strong empathy and exceptional verbal communication skills that allow you to communicate with anyone, and unlock what users are thinking and feeling about a product.
Project Manager
We’re looking for a motivated project manager who will prepare and present proposals, schedules, budgets, and other project deliverables to our clients. Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic about both project management and human-centered design.
SKILLS: Project management, documentation, proposal creation, track and create budgets, schedule management
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and nimble, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so that we can take any idea – no matter how complex – and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. With five disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product-development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
Your Purpose
As Project Manager, you manage single discipline and/or small & medium projects, establishing a track record of successful delivery. You direct client work from a budgeting or scheduling perspective and present the in-process and final deliverables to the client along with your team. You use a variety of project management tools to inspire, coordinate and manage the daily activities of your project teams. You participate in weekly planning meetings to support resource leveling. You communicate with your team members to ensure that our engineers, designers and researchers can create meaningful solutions to product design problems. You are excited about the opportunity to help Bresslergroup’s project teams continue to grow and improve their capabilities and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You have at least 3 to 6 years of experience in a Project Management role. You may have your PMP certificate and/or another project management certification. You have training and/or experience with mechanical/electrical/electromechanical engineers, or industrial designers in consumer, commercial, or medical projects. You are well-versed and knowledgeable about MS Excel, MS Project, and internal project management systems. You are comfortable with and have at least 3 years of experience in client-facing roles.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for project management and human-centered product design, as evidenced by your career and education choices. You are familiar with how to plan and maintain client projects from start to finish. You are self-motivated and can work independently, if needed. You have impeccable organization skills and are extremely detail oriented.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You watch for opportunities to cross and upsell clients as needs emerge during the development process. You want to be deeply immersed in the product development process and are willing to educate yourself as needed to truly understand the nature of the client work.
You are confident.
You are confident in your interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written, and your ability to add value to the processes of the Project Management department. You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You are happy to adjust work-plans and budgets as needed, depending on project progress. You want to work in an environment where things move quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift. You can work on-site daily in our fantastic office in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia.
Human Factors & Usability Internship
Are you passionate about human factors, usability research, and human-centered product design? We’re looking for an intern to join our research team and help our researchers deliver insights and guide human-centered design projects for our clients.
SKILLS: Research protocols, research analysis, test reports, heuristic reviews, note-taking, research toolkit
Your Team
At Bresslergroup, we are a motivated lot of thinkers, makers, and problem solvers. We challenge and inspire each other every day. BGers are curious, clever, and confident, and we look for candidates who are all those things and more. Our firm is technically grounded, so we can take any idea — no matter how complex — and make it a reality, while simultaneously keeping our design simple and clean. With six disciplines under one roof, we work in multidisciplinary teams whose combined research, creative, and technical expertise add value throughout a collaborative product development process. This is how we remain reliably innovative.
The research team at Bresslergroup works to provide insights to our design and engineering teams, as well as directly to our clients, to ensure that all product design and development efforts remain firmly grounded in user needs.
Your Purpose
As a Human Factors & Usability Intern, you will work in collaboration with human factors researchers, design researchers, interaction designers, industrial designers, and engineering teams to ensure that products are safe and easy to use by the end user. You will be challenged to participate in every phase of human factors needs for products, both medical and consumer in nature, from planning to data collection to reporting.
This internship will run from May 2021 – August 2021.
Key Responsibilities
More About You
You are a matriculated student pursuing a degree in Human Factors, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field. You are passionate about human factors, usability testing, and creating the best product for our clients’ end user.
You are clever.
You have a true passion for human factors, usability research, and human-centered product design, as evidenced by your education and future career plans. You have experience planning, scoping, conducting, analyzing, and communicating research. You have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills — all needed for frequent user interaction during field research and usability testing. You demonstrate high standards of workmanship and attention to detail and can help improve departmental processes and best practices.
You are curious.
You like to explore new territories and learn from others. You are happy to learn how to successfully lead clients through problem definition and the innovation process during workshop sessions. You have a basic understanding of research methodologies and tools.
You are confident.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions. You want to work in a fast-paced environment, where things change quickly, and you’re happy to adapt as situations shift. You take initiative and are hungry to learn more about the product you are working on and how best you can support your team to ensure high quality deliverables. You can work on-site in our Philadelphia office. You may have experience in graphic design, photo, video and/or audio recording and editing.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. To apply, please submit your resume and a portfolio via email to career@bresslergroup.com.
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