Senior CMF Designer

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity packages

Health, dental, vision insurance

Employee discounts for friends &Family

30 days PTO incl. holidays

Parental leave and wellness time off

Collaborative culture

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior CMF Designer to lead material innovation and aesthetic definition across our product portfolio. You will define CMF direction for the next generation, partnering with design, engineering, sourcing, and external partners from concept to mass production.

You will drive CMF strategies, manage our material library, and ensure brand-aligned color and material narratives while collaborating with Engineering and vendors to meet feasibility and cost

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in CMF design or equivalent.
• Technical knowledge of emerging materials and finishes.
• Hands-on product development lifecycle experience.
• Strong ability to translate design strategy into executable CMF concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive CMF strategies across product lifecycles and roadmaps.
• Build and manage the CMF material library; vet new materials and processes.
• Conduct hands-on material experiments and prototyping to inform design decisions.
• Create color and material stories aligned with brand identity and market position.
• Collaborate with Engineering to align feasibility, cost targets, and design intent.
• Partner with vendors and manufacturing to explore innovative materials and processes.
• Own sampling processes to ensure high-quality CMF execution and documentation.

Skills

CMF design

Materials knowledge

Product development

Communication

Job description

Our mission at the company is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their the company Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

We are seeking a highly passionate Senior CMF Designer to lead material innovation and aesthetic definition across our product portfolio. In this critical role, you will define the authoritative color, material, and finish (CMF) direction for our next generation of products, ensuring they embody the company’s brand identity and vision. You will be instrumental in a highly collaborative environment, partnering closely with design, engineering, sourcing, and external partners from concept development through mass production.

What you will do:

• Strategic CMF Development: Develop, define, and drive clear CMF strategies that support both current product lifecycles and long-term future product roadmaps.

• Material Innovation & Library Management: Systematically build, manage, and contribute to the company’s comprehensive CMF material library, continuously vetting new materials and processes for viability and impact.

• Hands-on Experimentation & Prototyping: Conduct detailed, hands-on material and finish experimentation, testing applications and evaluating performance to inform design decisions.

• Aesthetic & Brand Alignment: Create compelling color and material stories that are meticulously aligned with and amplify the company’s core brand identity and market position.

• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate closely with the Engineering team to ensure the alignment of manufacturing feasibility, cost targets, and the original design intent for CMF application.

• Vendor Partnership & Exploration: Proactively collaborate with external vendors and manufacturing partners to explore and onboard innovative new materials and advanced processes.

• Quality & Sampling Management: Own and manage the entire sampling process, ensuring CMF execution meets the highest standards of quality, finish, and consistency.

• Communication & Documentation: Clearly and effectively communicate CMF direction, rationale, and specifications across all internal and external teams, providing the necessary documentation and support.

This is a hybrid-remote role, with the expectation to work from our San Francisco offices at least half-time.

Requirements

We would love consider you for our role if you have:

• 4+ years experience in CMF design, preferably within consumer electronics or high-tech product industries.

• Technical Knowledge: Deep, demonstrable knowledge and intellectual curiosity regarding emerging materials, surface finishes, and global manufacturing processes.

• Product Development Approach: A hands-on, meticulous, and detail-oriented approach to the entire product development lifecycle, from concept ideation to production launch.

• Strategic Vision: Proven ability to translate high-level design strategy and aesthetic direction into tangible, executable product design vision.

• Communication: Extremely strong visual and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex CMF concepts and stories to diverse audiences.

Collaboration

Comfortable and proficient working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

At the company, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at the company has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages

• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources

• An the company Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family

• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off

• Paid sick leave and parental leave

• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

the company takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1: $172,550 - $203,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Arkansas (AR), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), Oklahoma (OK), Rhode Island (RI), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

the company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at the company are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.