Senior Designer - Colour Quality Management (m/f/d)

Senior Designer, Colour Quality Management (CQM) (m/f/d)

at the Kia Europe Design Center in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Your Mission:

The Senior Designer in Colour Quality Management (CQM) plays a critical role in evaluating and improving the colour harmony and emotional quality across all interior and exterior components of Kia\’s designs. This role is responsible for ensuring that colour, gloss, and grain specifications are aligned across projects and production phases, maintaining high CMF (Colour, Material, Finish) quality standards from concept through to production.

About us:

At Kia Design, we\’re not just a team – we\’re a community of visionary thinkers, creative doers, and passionate designers who thrive on pushing the boundaries of innovation.

If you revel in the art of envisioning the future and have a keen eye for aesthetics that resonate with the times to come, then you belong with us. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where you can unleash your imagination, experiment fearlessly, and craft designs that not only stand the test of time but set new standards.

Your Responsibilities:

Colour Quality Evaluation and Development

• Evaluate and approve colour, grain, and gloss characteristics to ensure consistent emotional quality in both interior and exterior components.

• Lead quantitative measurement and harmony evaluation based on colour specifications and masters provided by relevant departments.

• Support all phases of quality control through to mass production in collaboration with global departments and production plants.

Emotional Quality Management

• Manage colour master development for each project, including detailed specification definition.

• Define grain and detailed specifications – joining the grain spec explanation session and cooperating on detailed specs.

• Pre-review raw materials depending on prior development of them for each method.

• Conduct emotional quality harmony evaluation and approve interior & exterior colour, grain and gloss.

• Collaborate with quality control department in each plant to improve colour and gloss and quality problem solving for production vehicles including plant quality control and vendors.

Material & Sample Management

• Manage and coordinate production master samples and maintain a comprehensive physical and digital library.

• Guide material testing in partnership with HMETC material testing department, Kia HQ (Namyang) and suppliers; consolidate and report test results and follow up on improvements.

• Pre-review and support development of raw materials to meet project-specific criteria.

Project and Team Collaboration

• Contribute significantly to colour quality reviews across multiple projects.

• Cooperate closely with Kia HQ and other global CMF teams to ensure alignment with the brand\’s emotional quality standards.

• Support knowledge sharing and training activities to elevate CQM capabilities across teams.

Additional Responsibilities

• Contribute to CMF design support and innovation projects as needed.

• Participate in regular business travel and short-term assignments for quality reviews, knowledge exchange and standard alignment.

Key Qualifications:

• University Degree in Transportation Design, Industrial Design, Engineering or a related field / vocational training plus relevant experience

• At least 5 years focused on CMF or CQM-related responsibilities

• Strong track record of participation in multiple full vehicle projects, preferably with global coordination

• Experienced with and have a good sense of CMF or CQM-related development and evaluation.

• Deep understanding of CMF development processes, emotional quality analysis, and production workflows.

• Strong technical and aesthetic judgment for colour harmony, gloss, and grain evaluation.

• High level of autonomy and leadership in project execution; trusted as a subject matter expert.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Korean language proficiency preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across cultures and time zones with strong project ownership.

• Comfortable with frequent international business travels and extended training periods in Korea.

If If you’re interested to become part of our Kia Design Team, please apply via our online portal. We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Please keep in mind that we will store the data for the next six months to comply with the GDPR laws.

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