Design Engineer III

Design Engineer III

Seattle, WA (Open to West Coast - Remote)

12 months

Color, Material, and Finish Designer - RL Industrial Design

Client's 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.

General Summary / 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

Job Specifications

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 travel may be required for this position

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $77.00/hr.