Job description
Position Title: Senior Program Designer, Colour, Material & Finish (CMF)
Duration: Contract
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
About the Role:
- The automotive industry is undergoing a paradigm shift, facing both tough challenges and exciting opportunities in the journey toward new mobility, electrification, and autonomous driving.
- As part of the Clients' commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2045, we are seeking a Senior Designer CMF to shape the future sustainable CMF palette for the Clients' brand.
- In this role, you will deliver complete CMF solutions and detailed specifications for assigned projects, working closely with a dynamic global team.
- Create innovative, detailed design solutions that meet complex technical requirements in collaboration with multiple design disciplines.
- Develop sustainable CMF concepts, transforming them into physical prototypes with suppliers and in-house Trim/PaintShop teams.
- Focus on building patterns in 2D and 3D for diverse applications.
- Conduct benchmarking and research with a fact-based approach.
- Prepare and maintain Colour, Material, and Finish definition documents.
- Safeguard CMF releases aligned with design gateways and property plans.
- Prepare and present both physical and digital design materials in weekly reviews with Chinese stakeholders and project teams.
- Represent CMF in project and engineering meetings.
- Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, including the Shanghai design studio.
- Liaise with R&D, Project, and Marketing teams in China.
- Contribute creatively to CMF community workshops and strategic initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or Fine Arts.
- 5-10 years of experience in industrial or transportation design; sustainability-related experience is an advantage.
- In-depth understanding of the design process, CMF methodology, and development stages.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal & visual).
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and VRED; additional experience with Blender, Substance, Unreal, Rhino, or Grasshopper is valuable.
- Fluent in English; Mandarin skills are an advantage.
- Adaptable, unafraid of change, and comfortable in high-tempo, unpredictable environments.
- Possesses a "can-do" entrepreneurial mindset.
- Structured, methodical, and analytical with strong planning skills.
- Able to balance big-picture vision with meticulous detail work.
- Team-oriented, collaborative, and free from prestige or politics.
- Strong visual communicator with clear verbal skills.
- A highly dynamic, creative, and ever-changing work environment.
- Opportunities to grow professionally through challenging and varied projects.
- A supportive and spirited team across Sweden and China.
- Access to state-of-the-art design studios in Gothenburg (since 2022) and Shanghai (since 2024).
- Travel to China 2-3 times per year for reviews and model builds.
