CMF Designer

Vast is looking for a Color, Material, and Finish Designer, reporting to the Industrial Designer, to support the development of optimized materials, colors, and details that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

You will be working closely with Industrial Designers, Ops team and engineers to establish design strategies that add value to the experience of our astronauts onboard, and to the overall experience of the Vast brand. You will be involved in every aspect of the CMF design process. This includes research, analysis and translation, mood and story creation, material innovation, development of CMF strategy, and execution of final color, materials, and finishes for production.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in ourLong Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Establish design strategies that add value to the space station experience, implementing optimized materials, colors, and details that meet engineering requirements and standards.
• Utilizes excellent knowledge/understanding of design specifications and manufacturing requirements to ideate, visualize, and develop color and graphic design concepts appropriate for transportation products
• Collaborates, strategizes, and negotiates with cross functional teams, including manufacturing and suppliers, through all phases of development to implement production of final CMF designs to meet haven-1 milestones
• Collaborate with a variety of vendors to source appropriate materials
• Work with agencies to test and validate new innovative materials

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Industrial / Transportation / Graphic Design
•  4+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree in material science or a  6+ years of related work experience in a related field.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Ability to express unique designs through physical prototyping
• Ability to perform conceptual design activities such as sketching and modeling as well as creating mock-ups and visual communication material
• Ability to demonstrate ideation/concept generation in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of computer applications and the ability to easily navigate through different computer software programs
• Ability to create and update request for proposals (RFPs), purchase orders (POs) and facilities work orders in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
• Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
• Logical and strategic approach to solving problems
• Ability to read and understand basic floor plans
• Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Specific certifications, as appropriate