CMF Execution Designer

About the Job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s Conversation Designers leverage their knowledge of human language and communication to create seamless and natural interactions for digital systems across surfaces.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a Conversation Designer, you’ll create conversational, voice-forward experiences across multiple surfaces, such as smart speakers, smart displays, auto, and more. You’ll work on multiple projects simultaneously, working with cross-functional stakeholders, and provide feedback and direction to design work. Design work will include understanding product requirements and user context, and you’ll create flows, prompts, and multi-modal interaction patterns.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Transform Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) design intents into mass-producible realities by collaborating with ID and Material/treatment specialists, and cross-functional teams to evaluate manufacturing feasibility.
• Lead end-to-end color matching workflows, establishing physical golden samples and defining objective color measurement protocols.
• Manage color consistency and cosmetic harmony across multi-component assemblies from multi-sourced suppliers and Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) partners.
• Execute on-site troubleshooting for surface finishing defects and drive the approval of cosmetic boundary samples at factories.
• Optimize manufacturing line yields and stabilize surface treatment processes from NPI through to Mass Production in partnership with Cosmetic Quality teams.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of conversation design experience in product design or UX design.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in CMF execution, color matching, or surface finishing engineering within the hardware industry with the capability in visually detecting color nuances and finish differences to optimize quality.
• Experience working directly with JDM/Original Device Manufacturer (ODM), suppliers, or finishing vendors on manufacturing lines.
• Ability to communicate fluently in English and Mandarin to interact with cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Additional Information

Google welcomes people with disabilities.