Product Designer - Lighting

As a Product Designer focused on lighting, you will help shape commercially viable lighting products for Target’s Owned Brands, taking ideas from early concept through mass production. This role combines design creativity with development rigor across CAD, materials, prototyping, and cross-functional partnership.

Location

Minneapolis, MN (onsite)

Compensation

USD 73,000 - 132,000 per year

About the Role

You will translate brand direction, guest insights, and emerging trends into product concepts that can scale. Own assigned projects across the full development pathway, including research, ideation, CAD modeling, material and finish selection, prototyping, sample review, and production support. Throughout, you will balance design intent with cost, manufacturability, quality, and scale.

Responsibilities

• Research the market and guest needs, including design trends, materials, finishes, manufacturing techniques, and emerging lighting innovations to uncover new product opportunities.
• Develop original lighting concepts through sketching, 2D visualization, 3D CAD modeling, rendering, and physical prototyping.
• Design across lighting forms such as table and floor lamps, pendants, chandeliers, sconces, and other decorative lighting categories.
• Turn creative concepts into well-resolved products, with attention to proportion, scale, construction, materials, finishes, and details.
• Lead assigned products from concept through production while maintaining design intent through development and manufacturing.
• Create clear CAD models, drawings, renderings, specifications, and presentations to communicate design intent to internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
• Partner with Engineering, Technical Design, Sourcing, and manufacturing partners to deliver products that are manufacturable, cost-effective, safe, and suitable for high-volume production.
• Evaluate prototypes and production samples, identify design and construction issues, and provide direction to improve aesthetics, function, quality, and manufacturability.
• Develop a working understanding of lighting components and construction, including sockets, cords, switches, LEDs, drivers, diffusers, and other relevant electrical and mechanical components.
• Explore lighting-relevant materials and manufacturing processes, including metal fabrication, casting, extrusion, glass, ceramics, wood, plastics, and mixed-material construction.
• Coordinate with Merchandising to ensure concepts align with assortment strategies, price points, brand positioning, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with designers across Home to build cohesive collections and maintain a consistent Owned Brand point of view.
• Manage multiple projects and development timelines while communicating proactively with internal and external partners.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related design field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of professional product or industrial design experience, ideally developing manufactured consumer products.
• Portfolio showing strong product design thinking, three-dimensional form development, and products that moved from concept through production.
• Experience designing for scaled or mass production, including understanding the relationship between design intent, manufacturing processes, cost, and quality.
• Strong sketching, visualization, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD and modeling tools such as SolidWorks, Rhino, Fusion 360, or comparable software.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Working knowledge of materials, finishes, manufacturing processes, construction methods, and product assembly.
• Experience developing and evaluating prototypes, samples, and production-ready designs.
• Ability to communicate design intent and collaborate effectively with engineers, sourcing teams, merchants, vendors, and manufacturing partners.
• Strong aesthetic judgment with exceptional attention to proportion, materiality, finish, and product detail.
• Ability to independently manage multiple projects and development timelines while responding to changing business needs.

Technologies

• SolidWorks
• Rhino
• Fusion 360
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• KeyShot

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more)
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation
• Benefits related to financial and education to well-being and beyond (as referenced by provided link)

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience designing decorative lighting or lighting fixtures.
• Experience taking lighting products from concept through engineering, sampling, and mass production.
• Understanding of lighting construction, electrical components, LED technologies, diffusers, and related components.
• Familiarity with safety, testing, and certification considerations for consumer lighting, including UL/ETL requirements.
• Experience working directly with overseas vendors, factories, or manufacturing partners.
• Experience using rendering and visualization tools such as KeyShot or comparable software.

Work Schedule

The role is performed in office 4 days per week at the Downtown MN campus.

Accessibility

Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests related to the application or interview process, reach out to [email protected].

Remote Work Limitation for Team Members

Team members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year from any of the states listed above. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year.