Senior Industrial Designer - Furniture

Senior Industrial Designer – Furniture Systems

Location: Los Angeles or Remote

About 7th Avenue

7th Avenue is redefining furniture for the modern home—where style meets everyday functionality. Our modular sofa, hailed as “The World’s Greatest Modular Sofa”, blends high-end design with real-life practicality. Featuring endless configurations, water-repellent and stain-resistant fabrics, machine-washable covers, and memory foam cushions, our pieces are built to last over 10 years. Sustainably crafted and free from harmful chemicals, 7th Avenue makes luxury attainable.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Industrial Designer to lead the technical design and CAD ownership of our modular furniture systems. This role will focus on rebuilding and standardizing full 3D CAD assemblies of our existing products, developing animated assembly and manufacturing sequences, and designing a new modular sleeper system with an integrated foldable steel base.

This is a hands-on, production-focused role for a designer who is equally comfortable refining product form and building structured, manufacturing-ready CAD assemblies.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in furniture systems, understands manufacturing constraints, and can bridge design intent with engineering execution.

Key Responsibilities

CAD Ownership & Documentation (Primary Focus)

• Recreate and standardize full 3D CAD assemblies for existing modular furniture products
• Model complete assemblies including frames, brackets, connectors, upholstery interfaces, and hardware
• Develop structured BOMs and part hierarchies
• Create exploded views and detailed assembly documentation
• Produce animated CAD sequences showing:
  • Assembly steps
  • Manufacturing flow
  • Modular configuration changes
• Ensure CAD files are organized, revision-controlled, and production-ready

Mechanical System Development

• Design and engineer foldable steel sleeper mechanisms
• Develop linkage systems, hinges, pivots, and locking mechanisms
• Perform load path and structural considerations (static and dynamic)
• Conduct tolerance stack-up analysis
• Improve durability and cycle life performance
• Integrate recliner systems (manual and powered)

Manufacturing & Overseas Production Support

• Prepare complete factory-ready documentation packages
• Communicate directly with overseas suppliers
• Review prototypes and pilot production samples
• Identify root causes of quality issues
• Ensure consistent production execution

Process & System Building

• Build internal CAD library
• Standardize components and hardware
• Develop internal engineering documentation processes
• Support long-term product scalability

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or related field
• 5+ years experience designing furniture or physical product systems
• Advanced proficiency in SolidWorks (or similar parametric CAD software)
• Experience building large, structured assemblies
• Experience creating exploded views and assembly animations
• Strong understanding of materials (wood, metal, upholstery)
• Experience taking products from concept to production
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing sleeper sofas or transformable furniture
• Familiarity with steel components or mechanical integrations
• Experience working with overseas factories
• Knowledge of modular product systems
• Rendering skills (KeyShot, Blender, etc.)
  

What Success Looks Like

• Full CAD ownership of current product line
• Clear, structured, production-ready assemblies
• High-quality animated assembly documentation
• A manufacturable, well-integrated modular sleeper system
• Reduced production ambiguity and improved factory communication