BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and 626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Head of Product Design, the product designer will be responsible for the development of a new revolutionary electric cooking product for Africa. The ideal candidate will use strong technical engineering skills to create well-supported and reasoned designs. Working closely with the electrical engineering and software engineering teams they will own the final integrated design solution.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the creation and presentation of visual concepts for new and innovative electric cooking products using a variety of visual communication methods such as sketches, digital illustrations, CAD, CAD renderings, and rapid prototypes.
• Design and build proof of concept products to support the development process.
• Manage product EVT, DVT, PVT and mass production with suppliers.
• Design and develop complex assemblies that utilize plastic injection moulding, metal forming, co-moulding, and electronic component integration.
• Support design and material choices with rigorous analysis and research.
• Create detailed material specifications.
• Create and manage cookware B.O.M with Burn’s production team.
• Design and manage testing plans to answer design questions.
• Design and create low to high-fidelity prototypes.
• Create 2D technical drawings for communication with vendors.
• Follow human-centred design practices when developing designs.
• Research and develop manufacturing processes as needed to achieve product goals.
• Creating and maintaining requirement documents, reports, cost studies, part, and process specification documentation.
• Communicating with the respective stakeholders such as hardware and software about the project and their task herein.
• Testing concepts and prototypes in the lab and field
• Meet with suppliers inside and outside of KE.

Key Qualifications 

• BFA or BA in Design Engineering, Industrial Design, or Product Design.
• 5 years’ demonstrated consumer product experience
• Proficient in SolidWorks and or Similar CAD tools.
• Demonstrated experience with EVT, DVT, and PVT phases.
• Experience managing consumer product production outside of Kenya.
• Proficient in core MS Office products.
• Hand prototyping and model-making skills such as basic metal working, sheet metal, wood, foam, 3D print finishing, and painting.
• Solid sketching and rapid visual communication skills.
• Experience with Keyshot, and Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign).