Senior Industrial Designer

With over ten years of design experience, including six years in medical devices, I have proven efficiency in leading and owning projects end to end, from developing the brand design language and defining the user experience, through to the design and engineering development of physical products.

Industrial Designer by heart, I’m always motivated by solving customer problems and identifying opportunities to create products that improve people’s lives, while being both commercially and environmentally sustainable.

My methodical and structured way of working has helped me to deliver several products from concept to market. Most recently being at the centre of the delivery of two award winning revolutionary medical products: the Elvie Pump and Elvie Stride - both winning The Red Dot and TIME magazine’s ‘100 Best inventions awards (among others).

Now Freelancing | Contracting | Consulting in Hardware Design Development

Currently open to work and motivated to support design development from product vision up to transfer to manufacture. So if you need any support with hardware product design development, please feel free to get in touch - I may be able to help! 🙌

Skillsets summary:

  • - Planned priorities, milestones and deliverables following a robust design process.

    - Led a small team of Industrial and Engineer designers: (Project Management & Line Management)

    - Worked along with different product development support teams: project manager, product manager, research team, electronic team, software team, operation, manufacturing, quality team....

    - Extended visits to contract manufacturing partners in the far east.

    - Created, reviewed, and approved design-controlled documentation including:

    - 2D and 3D drawings

    - BOM’s

    - Design Requirements

    - Product Specifications

    - Test Plans / Test Methods / Test Reports

    - ECOs

    - RFQ packs

  • - Creation of product vision: rendering / visual prototypes / storyboard

    - Supporting definition of User needs.

    - Creation of functional Rigs to asses basic technology feasibility.

    - Creation of ergonomic prototypes to validate user experience.

    - Creation of prototypes to validate overall shape based on brand language.

    - Creation of CMF alongside with other Industrial designers.

    - Creation of development Rigs combining technology, overall shape, user interface.

    - Creation of developmentt Rigs combining the above and assembly process.

    - Creation of development Rigs considering the above and tooling requirement.

    - Definition user interaction flow chart to define product behaviours.

    - Supporting and defining user trials in collaboration with the Research Team.

    - Reviewing and integrating feedback from user trials at each development Rigs.

    - Working with suppliers through DFM for tooling approval.

    - Working with contract manufacturer on assembly steps and timing.

  • - Definition and creation of reliability test plan based on Product Specification and FMEA for Engineer / Design / Production Validation.

    - Supporting external testing agencies for some reliability tests (e.g. IP22..)

    - Supporting and leading team with test methods / test reports according to plan.

    - Supporting quality team on validating test methods / test reports into QMS.

    - Supporting Quality Team with product certification (FDA) application.

    - Refining product design and specification documentation based on test results.

    - Working with suppliers through DFM for tooling modification validation.

    - Supporting Customer Care work flow based on potential issues / questions from customers.

    - Supporting Continuous improvement work after product launch focusing mainly:

    - Design improvement based on customers feedback

    - World-Wide shortages

    - Margin and Production improvement

  • Solidworks / PDM = Expert

    AutoCAD 2D / Inventor = Competent

    Keyshot = Proficient

    Adobe CS = Expert

    QMS: Autodesk Fusion 360 = Proficient

    Proj.Management: Asana = Proficient

Feedback: 


" [...]  Thibault is sought out for his combination of design and engineering skills, his creative problem solving and his understanding of satellite disciplines around product development. Thibault is consistently relied upon to dispense roadblocks and drive projects to completion. Driven by his passion for developing great products and appetite to take on challenges, Thibault never disappoints. The projects Thibault has worked on would not have been successful if it weren’t for his individual contribution, conscientiousness and hard work. [...] "

Adam Rollo - Research and Development Director at Elvie

" [...] He is highly creative, providing strong and realistic concepts that were well considered and appropriate for each stage of development. He is a strong communicator, with good presentation skills as well as sketching, CAD and 3D modelling. Also, and perhaps most critically, he is good fun to work with and provides a positive addition to our teams, bringing valuable ideas and new angles on current thinking while at the same time working diligently and effectively to project deadlines and budgets. [...] "

Daniel Siden - Director at Haberdashery Ltd. and Lightvert Ltd.

" [...]  Thibault has demonstrated an understanding and practicality that underpins his creative design skills. His attention to detail and broad knowledge of various influences, technical, aesthetic, ergonomic and social all impact the development process and contribute to making him a complete designer. [...] "

Andrew Lang - Owner/ Director of Cycloc

" [...]  Thibault has a very creative mind with a very good understanding about the design process and works meticulously and with passion to surpass every stage. [...] "

Hugo da Silva - Hugo da Silva Studio

" [...] Thibault is a very complete designer. He is creative, hard worker and very enthusiastic. He has excellent technical skills that help him to come out with concepts that can actually be produced without drastic changes. His sketching and computer skills are also pretty good. [...] If you are searching for a designer like "in the good old days" meaning who know how to marry his technical skill with his artistic ones in order to me come out with beautiful designs, Thibault is definitely the person to hire, no doubts about it"

Vincent Jalet - Lead Designer Tupperware Corp.