product designer for humanoid robotics

Humanoid is building commercially scalable and safe humanoid robots. Its HMND-01 humanoid platform is being deployed in real industrial environments.

• Own CMF direction across all robot programmes, from early concept through to production-ready specification
• Develop CMF strategy as part of the team’s overall design direction, ensuring material and finish decisions reinforce the product’s broader design intent
• Develop and maintain material libraries, finish standards, and sample archives for robotics manufacturing
• Define and document CMF specifications for engineering handoff, including colour, texture, durability, and finish codes
• Work with Industrial Designers, Fashion Designers, and UX Designers to align material decisions with the product’s form language and functional context
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners and suppliers to validate material feasibility within programme timelines and cost envelopes
• Lead CMF reviews and present direction to design leads and senior stakeholders
• Contribute to garment and soft goods material decisions where CMF and wearable design intersect
• Build the CMF process, including standards, workflows, review cadences, and governance

• Treat material choice as a communication decision
• Have 7+ years of CMF experience, ideally with complex manufactured products
• Have deep knowledge of materials, surface finishes, coatings, and manufacturing processes for high-spec electromechanical products
• Have experience producing CMF specifications for engineering teams
• Be able to defend material direction with process, technical trade-offs, and physical evidence
• Be comfortable operating in ambiguity while defining and executing the function
• Be based in London and available to work on-site five days a week
• Будет плюсом: familiarity with soft goods or wearable materials

• Competitive equity through stock options with meaningful upside as the company scales
• 30+ Paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days, including the Christmas–New Year shutdown
• Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care
• Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings
• Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in the office
• Work at the frontier of AI and humanoid robotics with engineers, researchers, and product experts
• Direct access to founding leadership, input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one