Product designer for a one-off smart-speaker enclosure (CAD for industrial 3D print)

Posted 2 days ago

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Summary

I built a working custom voice assistant (electronics done - mic-array board, speaker driver, LED ring) and need a product designer to give it a body worthy of a commercial device. This is a one-off personal project with a hard deadline: final files by ~end of August 2026. WHAT YOU'D DESIGN A two-block tabletop object, ~11 x 21 cm: an ovoid speaker body (sealed ~1 L chamber, front-firing 8 cm driver behind acoustic fabric) with a slanted sensor "head" on top (holds a round 100 mm mic-array PCB) and a glowing frosted ring at the junction. Think "R2D2 stance meets Amazon Echo finish" - no face, no anthropomorphic features. Fabrication is MJF nylon via an online print service plus a fabric sleeve and a frosted acrylic ring; you design for that process. You get an unusually complete input package: manufacturer STEP files of the main PCB, the driver's dimensioned datasheet, a written constraint sheet (volumes, tolerances, vibration decoupling, antenna keep-outs), and links to open-source prior art for every mechanism. I know exactly what must be true; I'm hiring you for form and design-for-print execution. SCOPE / MILESTONES (fixed price $400 total) 1. Two or three concept directions (sketches or quick renders) - $100 2. Full CAD; reviewable STEP at mid-stage - $175 3. Print-ready STL+STEP, assembly drawing, fastener/BOM list, native CAD source; includes one revision after my cheap FDM test-fit print - $125 TO APPLY, PLEASE INCLUDE - Photos of enclosures you designed that were actually fabricated (printed/molded - not only renders) - One sentence on how you'd keep the sealed speaker chamber airtight in MJF All deliverables and design IP transfer to the client on payment (standard work-for-hire per Upwork ToS; contracting entity is the client's company).

  • $400.00

    Fixed-price
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
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Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
3D Modeling
3D Design
Product Design
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About the client
Member since Jun 13, 2020
  • Romania
    Bucharest3:44 PM
  • $71K total spent
    367 hires, 9 active
  • 2,210 hours
  • Mid-sized company (10-99 people)

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