Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, Internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices.  The company's products combine essential core technologies, continuing innovation, award-winning industrial design and excellent value.  Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol LOGN and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol LOGI. 

The Logitech Incubator, a multi-faceted group of seasoned professionals with the goal of accelerating innovation at Logitech, is looking to expand its Consumer Innovation team in our Lausanne-EPFL office with a 

Design Researcher 

As a Design Researcher you will be asked to leverage deep and insightful understanding of consumers, leading to the development of human centered opportunities and the creation, enrichment and development of corresponding consumer inspired solutions, ranging from experiences to service and product concepts. You have a natural talent for empathy, you live to create, and you can think what no one else has thought about what everyone has seen. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Contribute with Consumer Insights team to consumer observation and exploration research projects.
• Leverage consumer research findings to translate business opportunities into human centered opportunities.
• Prepare and lead idea generation workshops to produce list of solutions (experiences, products, services) addressing particular opportunities
• Define prototyping requirements to enrich and prioritize proposed solutions, in collaboration with Front-End Innovation Leaders and Technology Management team.
• Define and conduct appropriate user research to test prototypes in collaboration with Consumer Insights team.
• Collaborate with marketing and technology partners to build the definition of successful value propositions in relation to identified opportunities.
• Effectively prioritize and deliver multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. 

Candidate profile 

• 5+ yrs of demonstrable experience in design research or design strategy role within innovation consulting firm or corporate innovation group.
• Experience in defining, conducting and synthesizing qualitative user research: ethnographic studies, in-depth interviews, focus groups, etc.
• Experience in preparing and leading creative workshops: opportunity mapping, idea generation, solution development, etc.
• Experience in industrial and/or experience design.
• Experience with vendor management and management of multiple simultaneous projects.
• Ability to independently design process, scope projects, and manage aggressive schedules
• Interest in consumer electronics and technology business, industry issues and competitors.
• Excellent communication (oral& written) skills
• Best candidate will be curious, insightful, creative, with a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
• Ability to conduct qualitative research in French preferred.
• Master of Design or equivalent with human centered design specialization required. 

If you would like to be part of this fast moving professional team in an international working environment, you may apply by E-mail to the following address: 

E-mail:          jobsEU@logitech.com
Internet:       www.logitech.com