CMF Designer - Aircraft Interiors

ePlane Company; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The ePlane Company in Chennai is seeking a CMF Designer to own colour, material, and finish direction of the e200X interior. You will define palettes for cabin, seating, panels, flooring, soft goods, acoustic padding, and touchpoints balancing aesthetics, ergonomics, weight, and aviation compliance requirements.

Collaborate with industrial designers, CAD integrators, and interiors engineers to translate CMF intent into producible specifications; build a materials library and support prototype

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, Textile/Material Design, or related field.
• 1.5–2 years of professional CMF experience in automotive, aviation, consumer products, or premium mobility.
• Strong understanding of material properties and finishing processes and their manufacturing implications.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and rendering tools for material visualization.
• Strong communication and documentation skills with ability to present to engineering and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop CMF strategies, mood boards, and material palettes for cabin and cockpit.
• Research, source, and evaluate interior materials against weight, flammability, toxicity, cleanability, and durability requirements for aerospace use.
• Build and maintain a materials library with supplier data sheets, samples, cost, weight, and compliance documentation.
• Collaborate with industrial designers, CAD integrators, and interiors engineers to translate CMF intent into producible specs; work with vendors to validate finishes on prototype parts.
• Support mock-up and prototype builds with trim, wrap, paint, and finish application; assess results under real lighting and use conditions.
• Prepare CMF specification documents, colour standards, and finish callouts for drawings and supplier packages.
• Track CMF trends across aviation, automotive, and premium mobility, bringing fresh direction to design reviews.
• Support brand-consistent CMF application across show mock-ups and exhibition builds.

Skills

CMF strategy

Material sourcing

Documentation

Adobe Creative Suite

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design

Tools

KeyShot

Alias

CATIA

Job description

CMF Designer - Aircraft Interiors | Product Design & User Experience (PDX) Team

The ePlane Company (Ubifly Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) is an eVTOL startup incubated at IIT Madras, building the e200X, a compact electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for urban air mobility and aerial emergency medical services. Our PDX team shapes everything the pilot, paramedic, and passenger see and touch: cabin and cockpit architecture, interiors, materials, ergonomics, and mock-up-driven design validation, developed against certification frameworks such as EASA SC-VTOL and DGCA AEAC 01.

Role Overview

We are looking for a CMF Designer to own the colour, material, and finish direction of the e200X aircraft interior. You will define the material palette for the cabin and cockpit, seating, trim panels, flooring, soft goods, acoustic padding, and touchpoints balancing aesthetics, ergonomics, durability, weight, and aviation compliance requirements (flammability, toxicity, cleanability). A hands-on role at the intersection of design sensibility and engineering constraint, ideal for a designer who wants to see their material choices fly.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop CMF strategies, mood boards, and material palettes for the e200X cabin and cockpit, including the aerial ambulance (EMS) configuration.
• Research, source, and evaluate interior materials, leathers, technical fabrics, foams, laminates, films, paints, coatings, against weight, flammability (FST), toxicity, cleanability, and durability requirements for aerospace use.
• Build and maintain a materials library with supplier data sheets, samples, cost, weight, and compliance documentation.
• Collaborate with industrial designers, CAD integrators, and interiors engineers to translate CMF intent into producible specifications; work with vendors to validate finishes on prototype parts.
• Support mock-up and prototype builds with trim, wrap, paint, and finish application; assess results under real lighting and use conditions.
• Prepare CMF specification documents, colour standards, and finish callouts for drawings and supplier packages.
• Track CMF trends across aviation, automotive, and premium mobility, and bring fresh direction to design reviews.
• Support brand-consistent CMF application across show mock-ups and exhibition builds.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree/diploma in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, Textile/Material Design, or a related field.
• 1.5-2 years of professional CMF experience in automotive, aviation, consumer products, or premium mobility.
• Strong understanding of material properties, finishing processes (paint, anodising, plating, IMD/IML, wrapping, upholstery), and their manufacturing implications.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); working knowledge of KeyShot or similar rendering tools for material visualisation.
• Strong communication and documentation skills; comfort presenting to engineering and leadership stakeholders.

Good to Have

• Exposure to aerospace interior material standards (flammability/FST, smoke and toxicity), or willingness to learn certification-driven material selection.
• Experience working with Indian and international material suppliers and trim shops.
• Basic 3D/CAD literacy (Alias, CATIA) for working alongside surfacing and integration teams.
• The opportunity to define the interior identity of an Indian eVTOL aircraft from an early stage.
• A compact, senior, multidisciplinary team where your work directly shapes flying hardware.
• Exposure to aircraft certification, prototyping, and vendor ecosystems rarely accessible this early in a career.