CMF Designer

Our client is a European R&D centre focused on electric mobility technology and solutions. It aims to meet the growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. Our clients work comes to life in products and services from world leading brands in the family.

Job Description:

As a CMF Designer, you are contributing to shaping the future sustainable CMF palate for the company’s brand. You will be responsible for delivering complete CMF solutions and detailed specifications for assigned projects.

Responsibilities:

• Produce creative and detailed design solutions fulfilling complex technical criteria working closely with other design disciplines.
• Develop sustainable CMF concepts, which are translated into physical solutions and prototypes in cooperation with suppliers and in-house trim/PaintShop.
• Strong focus on building patterns, both 2D and 3D for various application areas.
• Conduct benchmarking and research, having a fact-based approach.
• Create Colour, Material, Finish definition documents, and safeguard CMF releases linked to design gateways and property plans.
• Prepare physical and digital presentations.
• Be able to present and attend weekly design reviews with our Chinese stakeholders and Project teams.
• Attend project and engineering meetings, representing CMF for your assigned project.
• Work closely and interact with both internal as well external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with our Shanghai design studio.
• Liaise with R&D, Project, and Marketing teams in China.
• Part of CMF community doing non-project assignments, and creative contributions to workshops and CMF strategies.

Qualifications:

• Min. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or Fine Arts.
• At least 5-10 years’ experience in industrial or transportation design. Work-related to sustainability and research is an advantage.
• Deep knowledge of design process and methodology as well as CMF development process.
• Strong communicator with good presentation skills, both verbally and visually.
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite and VRED with the ability to visualize and communicate ideas effectively in 2D and 3D. Other software like Blender, Substance, Unreal, Rhino, and Grasshopper is also valuable.
• Fluent in English. Knowledge of Mandarin is an advantage

Personal Attributes:

• You are unafraid and highly flexible, knowing that changes are inevitable.
• You thrive in an environment where the tempo is high and sometimes unpredictable.
• You have a “can-do attitude” and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• You are structured, methodical, and analytical with good planning skills.
• You move between the big picture and nitty-gritty details daily.
• You are a super team player who couldn’t care less for prestige or politics.
• You are a strong communicator, visually oriented with good verbal skills.