Senior Service Designer

We are looking for an (Senior) Service Designer to join to the diverse group of professionals in KONE Innovation GCN team in Shanghai, China. Team members have wide range of competencies from business, design and various technology areas. We work closely with our partners and sub-contractors to get the top talent needed for the job at hand.
You will be in essential role of strengthening KONE Service Design methodology and practice. We are looking for a designer who has a strong know-how with a fearless challenger attitude. We hope to see a strong portfolio that reflects a range of projects and demonstrating high-quality Industrial Design outcomes.

Responsibilities and key activities
Collaborate with University:
· Focus on KONE priority technical themes.
· Select proper university teams for future technology study.
Create and maintain technical specification:
· Create technical requirement specification for concept project / Research case.

Create and select proposals of new technical solutions:
· Generate new ideas and create new solution proposals.
· Select best proposals for selection / decision making.
· Develop the technical solutions for given specs ensuring a) functionality, b) quality and reliability c) cost d) manufacturability e) interfaces to other technologies, f) compliance with applicable technical codes and standards.
Manage Engineering team for Execution of technical plan.
· Manage team performance.
· Control & steer the design work.
· Select and monitor performance of external resources (from approved list)
· Write Task assignments.
· Follow-up of task execution & controlling work quality
· Select sub-contractor.
· Communicate to technical stakeholders.
Develop Capabilities
· Develop capability.
· Gather and share know-how of technology.
· Provide practical rules for efficient use of tools.
· Provide support for concept engineers.
· Create performance improvement ideas.
· Create proposals for design guidelines
Authority to decide.
· Selection of technical proposal for concept / research case
· Selection of design methods