Product Designer

K. Hovnanian Homes is hiring a Product Designer to help shape future-focused interiors and product concepts from research through execution. This onsite role in New York, NY supports the homebuyer experience by translating design direction into real-world specifications, prototypes, and documentation.

Compensation: USD 110,000 - 145,000 per year, plus bonus potential.

What you’ll do

• Research residential design trends and product opportunities across lighting, finishes, cabinetry, plumbing, building materials, and other interior elements.
• Support future-focused product offerings, including design standards, model homes, clubhouses, sales centers, and associated visualization deliverables.
• Evaluate domestic and international products and vendors, identify customization needs, and help drive prototype, specification, and documentation efforts.
• Create and coordinate technical drawings, specifications, finish schedules, and interior documentation using CAD/3D modeling and related design tools.
• Partner across teams including Interior Design, Direct Supply, Architecture, Marketing, supply chain, and field teams to bring concepts to life.
• Use data, timelines, cost considerations, and customer insights to balance aesthetics, quality, budget, and implementation needs.

Skills and experience

• Experience in product design, residential or commercial interiors, sourcing, supplier collaboration, and technical documentation.
• Preferred experience with domestic and overseas suppliers, manufacturers, buying agents, inspection services, product testing, and consumer product goods (such as decorative lighting, plumbing, hardware, case goods, sheet goods, and flat-packed finished systems).
• Comfort supporting work from concept through design development, with understanding of supply chain management, specification documentation, compliance review, budgeting, constructability, and cost-conscious design.
• Strong communication, organization, negotiation, and time-management skills.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with an architecture, interiors, or product design firm, with a strong focus on interior products.
• Preferred bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, or a related field.

Tools you’ll use

AutoCAD, Revit, SolidWorks, Rhino, CAD/3D modeling, and finish schedule/specification workflows, plus Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop). Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Asana are also included.

Travel and benefits

• Job travel: 20%
• Annual salary: $110,000 - $145,000 + bonus potential
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Discounts on mortgages and home appliances
• 401(k) plan