Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
CMF Designer
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28245
Electrolux Design is building a world-class design team with the task to design future home appliances that deliver great sustainable user experiences for people around the world. The global Electrolux Design team consists of over 200 designers located in 6 different locations, working across the different experience areas of Taste, Care, and Wellbeing.As a member of our Design Team, you will contribute to our bigger goal of making a positive impact on people's everyday lives.
We are currently looking for a talented CMF Designer who will apply their skills to ideate, visualize, and develop proposals for colors, materials, and finishes. Someone with a keen interest in material innovation, and with a focus on always finding the best sustainable solution. The chosen candidate will be part of a multi-functional design team that will design the future of Electrolux Fabric Care and Dish Care appliances.
You will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina and you will be part of a global CMF team, collaborating with designers located both at the Electrolux HQ in Stockholm, Sweden and in the other Design Studios. Collaboration and alignment towards common goals are important, but at the same time you will have the ability to work independently and be part of evolving the CMF expression within the Care Design team.
A typical day at work
As a CMF designer at Electrolux, you will be involved in every aspect of the design process from initial ideas to the implementation.This includes CMF and trend research, material innovation and storytelling, development of CMF assets, and execution of final color, materials, and finishes for production through prototyping, user testing, and the development of new materials.You will need to be highly detail-oriented, creative, and committed to working in multi-functional and multi-cultural teams. To succeed, you will need to have active collaborative and communicative approach to build strong partnerships within Design, R&D, Purchasing teams, and external suppliers. Main responsibilities: Manage CMF deliverables into multiple product development projects within Fabric Care and Dish Care product categories
Explore a wide variety of compelling color and material options through digital and physical prototypes
Develop, analyze, and approvefinalcolor, materials, and finishes for production
Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers, also identifying new resources for materials toensure innovative designs
Collaborate withlocal and globalDesign teams, internal stakeholders, and external suppliersto translate project goals into relevant design solutions
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, or related field
3 or more years of CMF Design experience
Experience and technical understanding of CMF manufacturing technologies and keen interest to continuously learn.
Experience in trend and consumer research, understanding and translating user's needs into actionable design insights
Good communicator: visually oriented, with good verbal skills with strong ability to communicate ideas, influencing development teams and stakeholders
Must have a strong working knowledge of 3D and 2D visualization software like Keyshot, Photoshop, & Illustrator.
Fluency in English, other languages are a benefit.
Willingness to travel and represent the Design Team at manufacturing sites.
Where you'll be: This position will be based at our Corporate Headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Benefits highlights: Hybrid work model Generous relocation package Medical, dental, vision and life insurance Competitive holiday and vacation time off program Retirement Savings Plan (401(k)) with relevant company contribution. Discounted products and an EAP upon hire and tuition reimbursement after 12 months of service As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take.
A typical day at work
As a CMF designer at Electrolux, you will be involved in every aspect of the design process from initial ideas to the implementation.This includes CMF and trend research, material innovation and storytelling, development of CMF assets, and execution of final color, materials, and finishes for production through prototyping, user testing, and the development of new materials.You will need to be highly detail-oriented, creative, and committed to working in multi-functional and multi-cultural teams. To succeed, you will need to have active collaborative and communicative approach to build strong partnerships within Design, R&D, Purchasing teams, and external suppliers. Main responsibilities: Manage CMF deliverables into multiple product development projects within Fabric Care and Dish Care product categories
Explore a wide variety of compelling color and material options through digital and physical prototypes
Develop, analyze, and approvefinalcolor, materials, and finishes for production
Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers, also identifying new resources for materials toensure innovative designs
Collaborate withlocal and globalDesign teams, internal stakeholders, and external suppliersto translate project goals into relevant design solutions
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, or related field
3 or more years of CMF Design experience
Experience and technical understanding of CMF manufacturing technologies and keen interest to continuously learn.
Experience in trend and consumer research, understanding and translating user's needs into actionable design insights
Good communicator: visually oriented, with good verbal skills with strong ability to communicate ideas, influencing development teams and stakeholders
Must have a strong working knowledge of 3D and 2D visualization software like Keyshot, Photoshop, & Illustrator.
Fluency in English, other languages are a benefit.
Willingness to travel and represent the Design Team at manufacturing sites.
Where you'll be: This position will be based at our Corporate Headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Benefits highlights: Hybrid work model Generous relocation package Medical, dental, vision and life insurance Competitive holiday and vacation time off program Retirement Savings Plan (401(k)) with relevant company contribution. Discounted products and an EAP upon hire and tuition reimbursement after 12 months of service As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take.