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This job is for a Senior Technical Designer at SMX. You’ll turn creative ideas into real products while leading a team. You might like this job because you get to combine creativity with precision in a fun, collaborative environment.
RM 5000 - RM 8500
Full-Time
few days ago
Job Description
Role Overview
At SMX, Technical Designers are the guardians of precision, feasibility, and production excellence. At the Senior to Art Director level, you are both an expert in the execution and a leader in refining how ideas become manufacturable realities.
You will lead the technical design process from early ideation to final production handover, ensuring accuracy in structure, materials, costing, and timelines across product, packaging, POSM, and promotional items. This role requires fluency in 2D and 3D development, specification design, sampling, vendor communication, and mentoring of junior technical team members.
Key Responsibilities
Production-Ready Design & Development
- Translate creative concepts into accurate dielines, mockups, and 3D renderings.
- Lead development of technical packs, BOMs, spec sheets, and sampling instructions.
- Ensure accuracy of dimensions, materials, finishes, and print specifications.
- Review and approve vendor samples, mockups, and prototypes against specs.
Technical Leadership & Review
- Review and validate design files for production feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with client requirements, regional manufacturing capabilities, and safety regulations.
- Provide technical direction to junior designers and external vendors.
- Conduct quality control checks before final approvals and manufacturing releases.
Collaboration & Process Ownership
- Partner with creative, sourcing, and production teams to align output with design intent and budget.
- Support costing exercises by advising on materials, dimensions, and yield optimization.
- Manage documentation workflow and archival of technical assets.
- Lead improvements to technical workflows and documentation standards.
Job Requirements
Skills & Capabilities
- Expert in packaging structures, product construction, and POSM formats.
- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, CAD tools, and 3D software (e.g. Keyshot, Rhino, SolidWorks, Blender).
- Strong knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes (plastics, papers, fabrics, printing), and finishing techniques.
- Detail-oriented, accurate, and highly systematic in documentation.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and sampling rounds simultaneously.
- Skilled in providing actionable feedback to vendors and internal teams.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5–8 years in technical or structural design roles within packaging, product development, or POSM environments.
- Hands-on experience developing production-ready dielines, mockups, and prototypes.
- Familiarity with Asia-based manufacturing and supplier coordination.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating complex technical work and problem-solving.
- Degree or diploma in Industrial Design, Product Design, Packaging Engineering, or equivalent.
Right to Work Requirements
- Candidates with an existing right to work in the country are preferred
- Local citizens of this country
- Permanent residents (PR) of this country
- Candidates who already have a work permit for this country
Working Arrangement
- On Site
Skills
Company Benefits
Medical Coverage
Paid medical expenses up to RM600 per year.
Hospitalization
Maximum of sixty (60) working days in the aggregate in each calendar year inclusive of non- hospitalization sick leave.
Annual Leave
You will be entitled to 12 days of annual leave per year of continuous service on a pro-rated basis. This is in addition to statutory public holidays.
Free Friday Lunch
Free Friday lunch provided by the company once every month.
Additional Info
Company Activity
Last active - few hours ago
Experience Level
4 - 7 Years of Experience
Career Level
Senior Executive
Job Specialisation
Graphic Design, Multimedia Design
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