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Lead Industrial Designer
Samsung Research America INC · 🇺🇸 201 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 55 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 18 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Samsung Research America INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Designer, Interaction Design” (Web and Digital Interface Designers) in CA: $121k–$157k, median $154k. Most were filed at wage level II (67%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 55 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 18 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Team Summary: Samsung Design Innovation Center is one of the leading overseas design studios in Samsung, located in San Francisco, CA. Our mission is to understand people and lifestyles to deliver meaningful experiences through beautiful yet functional design, enabled by innovative cutting-edge technologies. SDIC is working on various advanced product experiences which can envision and shape the future of Samsung Business, working with various internal teams through an experience-driven approach. Our work appears on smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, wearables, home appliances, and other devices we can't describe yet. See some of our work at: http://design.samsung.com/global/contents/sdic/ We design future experience-driven innovation opportunities with empathy and compassion for people across the Samsung Electronics portfolio. We uncover unmet and latent user needs through human-centered research and transform emerging technologies into meaningful product experiences that define future product categories. We are looking for talented designers, strategists, researchers, and creative technologists to join our group and bring new energy to our process. You should be ready to help at all stages of product design—from identifying unmet needs and discovering new design opportunities to developing visionary concepts and creatively applying emerging technologies to solve real user problems and create radically new experiences. Position Summary: Samsung Design Innovation Center is seeking a highly experienced Lead Industrial Designer to envision and shape the next generation of consumer products across Samsung's expanding device portfolio, with a particular focus on emerging product categories including wearable devices and future hardware experiences. This role goes beyond traditional Industrial Design. We are looking for an exceptional designer who embraces Artificial Intelligence as a fundamental part of the creative process and demonstrates how AI can amplify creativity, accelerate exploration, and redefine the way products are conceived, visualized, and communicated. You will define what AI-native Industrial Design looks like within Samsung, establishing new creative workflows that enhance design quality, accelerate concept generation, and influence how future products are imagined across the organization. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams at SDIC and Industrial Design teams in Korea, you will demonstrate how AI can become a true creative partner throughout the entire design process—from opportunity discovery and ideation through concept development, storytelling, visualization, and iterative refinement. The ideal candidate combines exceptional industrial design fundamentals with deep curiosity for emerging AI-native design methodologies. They are capable of independently leading projects from early opportunity identification through concept development, storytelling, visualization, and prototype creation while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams throughout Samsung's global organization. Rather than simply using AI to generate images, this individual pioneers new design methodologies that integrate AI throughout the creative process—expanding creative possibilities, accelerating iteration, and elevating design quality. Through both their work and their approach, they will inspire broader adoption of AI-native Industrial Design practices across Samsung's global design organization. We are interested in passionate and self-motivated individuals who are comfortable in a highly fluid environment. You will bring exceptional design talent, curiosity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for redefining the future of Industrial Design through AI. We will provide the creative freedom, multidisciplina