Hardware R&D & Manufacturing
/Senior leadership
Director — Industrial Design
Industrial Design
Compensation
INR 35 - 60 LPA + equity.
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Primarily on-site, with limited remote flexibility.
Scope of role
Set direction within your domain. Build and mentor a team. Own outcomes at the function level.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
Own the industrial design of the AquinTutor holographic display and the Karate.support training device. Material, finish, ergonomics, accessibility, manufacturability. You set the visual + tactile bar for everything EduRankAI ships in hardware.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Own ID across hardware programs.
- 02 Lead concept → CMF → DFM through to first-run production.
- 03 Hire and mentor industrial designers.
- 04 Partner with manufacturing on fabrication tolerances.
- 05 Partner with engineering on internals.
- 06 Defend ID decisions against the easy-to-build shortcut.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → You have shipped at least one hardware product whose ID you can point at.
- → You have led the CMF process through to manufacturing.
- → You can read a DFM report and understand it.
- → You have an opinion about material choice in education hardware.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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