Senior CMF Designer: Hardware Aesthetics & Production Lead

Anduril Industries; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a highly technical Senior CMF Designer to join the Industrial Design team in Bellevue, WA. You will define CMF standards, translate design vision into scalable production-ready solutions, and partner with global manufacturing to ensure surface consistency.

You will lead CMF documentation, track specifications, and manage design quality across supplier sites while aligning with business goals and user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, product design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience developing new hardware products.
• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 10+ years of experience working directly with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Experience defining and executing CMF strategies from concept through mass production.
• Experience managing complex programs across cross-functional teams, suppliers, and schedules.
• Experience supporting design and research teams in a product-development environment.
• Strong capabilities in resource planning, program delivery, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience developing functional specifications, design-verification plans, and test procedures.
• Proficiency with industrial-design surfacing and CAD/visualization tools; Rhino, SolidWorks, Creo, and KeyShot preferred.
• Willingness to travel frequently to supplier and manufacturing locations, including international sites.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and scale a holistic CMF strategy across Anduril’s Warfighter Systems hardware portfolio.
• Identify and evaluate advanced materials, coatings, and sustainable manufacturing processes.
• Lead on-site color-matching sessions and evaluate parts under standardized lighting conditions.
• Serve as SME for visual and cosmetic quality at supplier and manufacturing sites.
• Establish, document, and implement Cosmetic Quality Specification (CQS) with global partners.
• Create and maintain CMF specifications, boundary and limit samples, and step-and-gap requirements.
• Develop tracking systems and workflows to manage CMF specs across product lifecycle.
• Lead design and research operations, including roadmaps, backlogs, intake processes, review cadences.
• Partner with design and research leadership on prioritization, goals, resources, and risk.
• Facilitate collaboration among design, business, engineering, and manufacturing stakeholders; provide status updates.

Skills

CMF strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Engineering collaboration

Materials knowledge

Travel readiness

CAD tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial design

Master’s degree in industrial design

Tools

Rhino

SolidWorks

Creo

KeyShot

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a highly technical Senior CMF Designer to join the Industrial Design team in Bellevue, WA. You will define CMF standards, translate design vision into scalable production-ready solutions, and partner with global manufacturing to ensure surface consistency.

You will lead CMF documentation, track specifications, and manage design quality across supplier sites while aligning with business goals and user experience.