About Trip Machine
Trip Machine is a fast-growing motorcycle lifestyle brand from India, designing premium motorcycle gear, leather luggage, boots, bags, and accessories for riders across India and international markets.
We are a design-led, craft-led brand inspired by classic motorcycles, vintage culture, utility, travel, and timeless materials. As we grow, we are looking for a strong product designer who can help us create new products that are beautiful, functional, manufacturable, and true to the Trip Machine aesthetic.
Role Overview
We are hiring a Senior Product Designer to work with the product and manufacturing teams to design and develop new products across motorcycle luggage, leather goods, riding accessories, bags, boots, and lifestyle products.
This role is for someone who can take an idea from concept to final production — including research, sketches, technical drawings, material selection, prototyping, sampling, testing, feedback, and production handover.
The right person should have strong taste, practical product sense, and the ability to design products that people actually want to use.
Key Responsibilities
Create new product concepts for motorcycle gear, luggage, leather goods, bags, accessories, and lifestyle products.
Research riders, customer needs, international trends, vintage references, materials, construction techniques, and competitor products.
Convert ideas into sketches, moodboards, technical drawings, product specifications, and design packs.
Work closely with sampling, manufacturing, sourcing, and production teams to develop prototypes and final samples.
Select materials, trims, hardware, linings, closures, reinforcements, and construction details.
Improve existing products based on customer feedback, production issues, sales data, and field usage.
Ensure products are functional, durable, manufacturable, commercially viable, and aligned with the Trip Machine design language.
Test products for usability, fitment, comfort, durability, and real-world riding use.
Coordinate with vendors, artisans, pattern makers, sample makers, and production teams.
Maintain clear product documentation, specifications, BOMs, measurement sheets, and sample records.
Support product launches with design notes, product USPs, and key features for marketing and sales teams.
Experience & Skills
4–8 years of experience in product design, accessory design, bag design, leather goods design, industrial design, fashion accessories, footwear, luggage, or outdoor gear.
Strong sketching, visualization, and concept development skills.
Ability to create technical drawings, product specs, measurement sheets, and production-ready design documentation.
Understanding of materials such as leather, canvas, textiles, hardware, trims, linings, reinforcements, and stitching/construction methods.
Experience working with sampling, prototyping, manufacturing, vendors, or production teams.
Good understanding of functionality, ergonomics, durability, usability, and cost.
Experience with tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, CAD, Rhino, CLO, SolidWorks, or similar design tools will be preferred.
Experience in bags, luggage, leather goods, footwear, riding gear, outdoor gear, or accessories will be a strong advantage.
A strong portfolio showing product concepts, sketches, development process, final products, and production understanding is required.
Who This Role Is For
Someone who has strong taste, but also understands production.
Someone who can design beautiful products that are actually usable.
Someone who enjoys materials, details, hardware, proportions, and construction.
Someone who can work with craftspeople, pattern makers, vendors, and production teams.
Someone who can take ownership from idea to final product.
Who This Role Is Not For
This role is not for a graphic designer, UI/UX designer, or someone who has only worked on visual communication.
This role is not for someone who only makes moodboards but cannot develop a product.
This role is not for someone who is uncomfortable with sampling, revisions, manufacturing constraints, and production realities.
This role is not for someone who designs only for aesthetics and not for function.
Pay: ₹500,000.00 - ₹1,500,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund
Experience:
- Product Design: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
