About: Humanoid is building commercially scalable and safe humanoid robots. Its HMND-01 humanoid platform is being deployed in real industrial environments.
Responsibilities:
•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
Requirements:
•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
Nice to have:
•Familiarity with soft goods or wearable materials
Benefits:
•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
