Creative Interior Lighting Designer

Detailed Description From Employer:

Position Title: Creative Interior Lighting Designer

Duration: Contract

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

About the Role

• As a Creative Lighting Designer, you will define the interior lighting vision for vehicle designing ambient, functional, and communicative lighting that seamlessly blends aesthetics, technology, and brand DNA.
• Your work will merge artistry with engineering, transforming raw ideas into simulations, prototypes, and production feasible solutions.

What You'll Bring

• A bachelor's degree (or higher) in Industrial/Product/Transportation Design, Interaction/Lighting Design, or a related field.
• Real-world experience in automotive, architectural, or consumer lighting, backed by a portfolio that shows both imagination and execution.
• Flexible tool pipeline such as Photoshop, Blender, and Adobe Creative Suite for concepting and visualization.
• A track record of turning lighting concepts into manufacturable, engineering-aligned solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills-your storytelling shines through both visuals and words.
• A maker mindset: hands-on prototyping skills, basic electronics knowledge, and curiosity to explore.
• Familiarity with automotive lighting regulations and constraints (a major plus).
• A creative, fast-thinking, problem-solving approach that thrives in a high-energy studio environment.
• Bonus: Interest or experience with other digital pipelines (e.g., Grasshopper).

What You'll Do

• Design interior lighting concepts spanning ambient, functional, and communicative use cases.
• Propose innovative integrations of light into surfaces, materials, and architectural forms.
• Convert brand DNA into distinctive lighting signatures and dynamic behaviours (welcome/farewell actions, charging animations, thematic moods, ADAS signals).
• Validate feasibility through visualization, simulation, and VR tools.
• Create compelling presentations and prototypes that bring stakeholders and suppliers along the journey.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cutting-edge lighting technologies such as OLEDs, projection/DLP, AR overlays, and interactive surfaces.
• Knowledge of optics, light guides, interior human-factors, luminance planning, and glare management.
• Previous work in automotive design studios or with Tier-1 suppliers.
• Expertise in material-light interaction in interiors.

Who You Are

• A blend of technical precision and refined aesthetic instinct.
• Methodical, organized, and driven to see ideas through from concept to completion.
• A thoughtful collaborator and confident communicator across disciplines.
• Proactive, hands-on, resourceful, and comfortable working under time pressure.
• Independent yet team-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership.

Additional Details

• The role is based in Gothenburg studio-office-first with some WFH flexibility.
• Occasional travel to China may be required.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential.
• A valid driver's license is preferred.

Why work through Contechs?

Contechs is a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology and Innovation Recruitment Consultancy. Founded in 1997, with an inhouse Contractor Care Team to support all external employees, acts as an employment agency for permanent and contract recruitment.

How to Apply

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