Mater is searching for a Product Developer with a focus on circular production.
Mater is a Danish design brand founded in 2006 with a vision to be the pioneering global design brand with sustainability as its core value. We combine circular production in waste streams with timeless and alluring design through collaboration with an external base of well-established and new design talents. We constantly explore materials and production methods that are environmentally friendly to limit any negative effects of its design process without compromising aesthetics. Today our products are sold in more than 40 countries.
As a Product Developer at Mater, your main tasks will be working in the Product Development team, making technical drawings, documentation, and material development. You will develop our collections with a particular focus on circular production in different waste materials. You will report to Henrik Marstrand, Founder & Head of Circular transformation.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- 3D modeling and renderings (we work with Solidworks, Rhino, V-ray and Revit Family)
- Develop prototypes with external designers and manufacturers
- Making technical 2D/3D drawings
- Make product cost calculations
- Project management of new product developments – from design to launch
- Manage, develop and implement NPI (New Product Introduction) processes with the Supply Chain team
- Circular material research and development within internal and external partners
- Providing the Marketing team with drawings and product information
- Data collection and management of our CO2 footprint / LCA software
Our values
You will be working together with a team of +20 motivated colleagues, who all share the ambition of making a positive sustainable impact on the furniture industry.
We offer a great challenge in a company driven by innovation and sustainability. Our work environment is characterised by teamwork, transparency, accountability, and entrepreneurial spirit. This role will give a unique possibility to be part of a company who is on a mission to inspire people to sustainable thinking.
In Mater, we strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace, and we encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of age, gender, race, sexual/religious orientation, or disability.
Benefits
Competitive salary package according to qualifications including a pension scheme.
How to apply
If you would like to be part of the team, please submit your CV and a short application in English to application@materdesign.com marked “Product Developer”.
Please apply before December 16th. We evaluate applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.
For further questions or information, you are welcome to contact:
Henrik Marstrand, Founder & Head of Circular Transformation, mobile: +45 40313831
People & Admin, Louise Ræbild, lra@materdesign.com, mobile: +45 22801505
About Mater
Founded in Copenhagen in 2006, Mater was created to be the pioneering global brand with sustainability embedded in its core.
From the very beginning, the ambition was to inspire a global design audience and engage people in sustainable thinking. Mater combines sustainability and circular production using waste, with timeless design, through collaboration with an external base of well-established and new design talents.
Designed for both commercial and residential use, Mater strives to avoid and minimise any adverse impact on society by following ethical and sustainable production criteria and creating products that will both stand the test of time and inspire the consumer to cherish and savour them.
After years of research for more sustainable ways to create furniture, lighting, and objects we now work with a range of production partners with the same ambition as us, creating partnerships for change and supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Together we are committed to searching for new and better ways of making beautiful designs - in a responsible way.