Position Title: Senior CMF Designer

Duration: Contract

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

About the company

Contechs is recruiting on behalf of our high profile Automotive customer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They are seeking Senior/Lead CMF Designer to be part of their in-house team.

Description of the assignment

• Lead (senior) Designer Colour, Material and Finish (CMF)
• The automotive business is undergoing a paradigm shift facing tough challenges and great opportunities.
• In the transformation journey towards new mobility, electrification, and autonomous drive our Client is committed and proud to stand behind the group strategy in becoming carbon neutral by 2045.
• As a Designer CMF you are contributing to shape the future sustainable CMF palate for the Clients' brand.
• You will be responsible for delivering complete CMF solutions and detailed specifications for assigned Client

What you will do:

• Produce creative and detailed design solutions fulfilling complex technical criteria working in close collaboration with other design disciplines.
• Develop sustainable CMF concepts, which are translated into physical solutions and prototypes in cooperation with CMF Specialists and our in-house trim shop.
• Strong focus on building patterns, both 2D and 3D for various application areas.
• Conduct benchmark 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 in design reviews.
• Attend in project and engineering meetings, representing CMF for your assigned project.
• Work closely and interact with both internal as well external stakeholders.
• Liaise with R&D, Project and Marketing teams in China.
• Part of CMF community doing non project assignments, creative contributions to work shops and CMF strategies.

Essential qualifications:

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

Personal attributes

• You are unafraid and highly flexible, knowing that changes are inevitable.
• You take your own initiatives and don't sit around waiting for instructions.
• 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 on a day-to-day basis.
• You are a super team player who couldn't care less for prestige or politics.
• And you are a strong communicator, visually oriented with good verbal skills.
• work under constrained time schedules and frequently revised circumstances.

Other

• The assignment will take place in our studio in Gothenburg and we have an 'office first' environment with some flexibility to WFH
• Travel to China may be needed (approx. 1-2 trips per year).
• Everyone in our team has a high level of responsibility and mandate and is expected to be able to work autonomously.
• Fluent in English, spoken and written

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

If you're interested in applying for this position, submit your application and one of our recruiters will be in touch.

If you know anyone that is suitable for the role, please visit the below page where we offer up to 600 referral fee: https://www.contechs.com/refer