Job Title: Color, Material, and Finish Designer
Contract Duration: 1 year
Location: Seattle, WA
Work Arrangement: Onsite preferred, open to west coast – remote
Summary
RL team is shaping the future of consumer electronics in the emerging Augmented and Virtual Reality industry, as well as Personal Communication and Social Connections via our game-changing Portal products. As a Color, Material, and Finish Designer on the RL Industrial Design team, you bring extensive knowledge of industry trends, forecasting, color development and management, and have the technical knowledge to translate a creative vision into production-ready materials and processes. You have a record of shipping successful products in the Consumer Electronics, Wearable Technology, Fashion, or Eyewear industries and are comfortable working collaboratively with cross-discipline teams and manufacturing partners. Your insights, creative input, and development efforts will help guide the unique style and distinctive look of our brand.
Responsibilities
- Interface with industry to research and develop proprietary and innovative hardware styles, construction details, material combinations, new production techniques, etc.
- Assist in the continual gathering and sharing of trends in consumer electronics, eyewear and fashion markets
- Create fully resolved CMF strategy for presentation to team members, partners and manufactures.
- Assist in the resolution of design, prototyping and manufacturing issues during the development phase; create fully resolved solutions to communicate and resolve manufacturing and prototyping challenges
- Manage and maintain CMF product specifications for products in development from concept to production
Required Skills
- Bachelors of Industrial Design from an accredited college or university, or relevant professional experience required
- 5+ years experience working as a CMF Designer/Developer
- Proficiency in communicating design vision, and concepts using 2D color renderings and 2D CAD. 3D -CAD and visualization experience is a plus
- Excellent organization skills, detail oriented, and has the ability to multitask across different projects and categories
- Working knowledge of plastic injection molding, metal fabrication techniques, resin development, coating technologies, plastics decoration processes, fabrics and textiles
- Occasional domestic and international travel is a requirement for this position
Must Have Skills
- 5+ years experience working as a CMF Designer/Developer, Industrial Design Background
- portfolio for design products they have worked on and linked in required for all candidates
- Working knowledge of plastic injection molding, metal fabrication techniques, resin development, coating technologies, plastics decoration processes, fabrics and textiles
- Proficiency in communicating design vision, and concepts using 2D color renderings and 3D CAD and visualization experience is a plus
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience working with electronic products , rugs, fabric or tool companies
- Big Tech