Product designer Lead- Open Artificial Brain Life Support (ABLS) Project (Remote, Full Time)

Organization: Right to Live Canada
Location: Remote (United States, Canada or Europe)
Time Commitment: Full-time volunteer commitment, 35 hours per week. Duration negotiable, four month minimum.
This is a remote volunteer opportunity with Right to Live Canada, a virtual-office based Canadian non-profit start-up.

About Right to Live Canada

Right to Live Canada is a remote, virtual-office based Canadian non-profit start-up dedicated to realizing the right to live as a practical, supported, and achievable choice.

The organization was founded in response to cases of poverty-driven euthanasia among Canadians with disabilities, where individuals choose Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) because they cannot access the supports and resources needed to continue living. Right to Live Canada works to build systems that help people remain connected to preferable living futures.

Our work focuses on four core areas:

-- Continuity Service: Developing a service to identify, support, finance, and execute preferable living futures during potential life-threatening situations.
-- Continuity Insurance: Creating financial models to support access to Continuity services.
-- Social Brokerage: Developing systems to generate impact funding through socially beneficial outcomes.
-- Corporate Farming: Building and supporting new non-profit initiatives from early concepts through organizational growth.

Right to Live Canada is a founder-led, early-stage organization using innovation, volunteer collaboration, sponsorship, grants, and open development to expand its mission.

------ ROLE DESCRIPTION
Right to Live Canada is seeking a **Product Designer Lead** to support the **Open ABLS (Artificial Brain Life Support) Project**, an open-source engineering initiative developing a non-clinical artificial brain life support research platform.

The Product Designer Lead will be responsible for creating the overall user experience of the physical system. This includes industrial design, enclosure concepts, human interaction, accessibility, ergonomics, interface layout, assembly experience, serviceability, and visual communication.

Working closely with the Hardware Lead and engineering team, the Product Designer will ensure the system is not only technically functional but also intuitive, practical, understandable, and visually coherent for researchers, laboratories, manufacturers, contributors, and future collaborators.

------ QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
-- Degree or equivalent experience in Product Design, Industrial Design, Human-Centered Design, Mechanical Design, or a related discipline.
-- Experience designing physical products or technical equipment.
-- Experience using Blender software.
-- Strong CAD and 3D visualization skills.
-- Understanding of ergonomics and user-centered design principles.
-- Excellent visual communication skills.
-- Ability to collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
-- Comfortable working remotely with a high degree of ownership and follow-through.

Preferred:
-- Experience designing scientific, laboratory, or medical equipment.
-- Experience with Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
-- Experience with rapid prototyping and 3D printing.
-- Experience creating technical illustrations, renderings, or product visualizations.
-- Startup or hardware product development experience.
-- Interest in open-source hardware and biomedical technology.

------ TIME COMMITMENT
This is a full-time volunteer role requiring a minimum commitment of 35 hours per week although highly skilled applicants in ABLS may be considered at 20+ hours per week minimum. Right to Live Canada is an early-stage, founder-led organization pursuing rapid national and global expansion. The role is best suited to someone who is comfortable with startup intensity, high responsibility, and a culture of serious dedication to the mission.

------ HOW TO APPLY
We normally require applications via our website but it is currently down. As such, please email your resume to volunteer@righttolive.ca

Thank you for your consideration.