Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Product Design (Assistant Professor)

Are you ready to join a company that’s pushing the limits of global design and innovation? Are you passionate about growing your career in a business with international reach and best-in-class talent?

HMTX Industries, headquartered in Norwalk Connecticut, services a diverse range of construction and renovation markets with renowned flooring products that set the bar for quality, performance, and design around the world. With products for your home, work and everywhere in between, HMTX is helping make life more beautiful.

As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, exciting environment and be a part of a company that is affecting change. Whether it's transcending the status quo on design and innovation or giving back in our local communities – HMTX is always in motion. Join us today!

Your Opportunity to Drive Excellence

This role is where design meets technical precision. As our Décor Technical Designer, you will be the critical link between digital artwork and our final hard surface products. You won't just follow directions; you will actively lead the process of color mastery, prototyping, and material execution. This is your chance to use your exceptional eye for color and your technical skills to bring our trend stories to life, driving excellence and directly impacting the quality and aesthetics of our entire flooring portfolio.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Décor Technical Designer, your focus will be on precision, quality, and collaboration:
Color Development and Prototyping
- Collaborate closely with our design team and global vendors to develop on-trend colorways for new hard surface flooring products.
- Color-match and create samples and color standards for designer selection and portfolio updates.
- Actively print and assemble product prototypes and samples.
- Utilize industrial equipment, including a heat press and cutters, to construct prototypes by assembling materials like the core, backing, and wear layer to approved standards.
- Participate in design sessions and respond positively to development critiques, adjusting samples appropriately.

Technical Detail and Documentation
- Maintain detailed references and records of all samples, requests, timelines, and product specifications.
- Complete projects accurately, consistently, and on time while adhering to strict quality standards.
- Deliver accurate and on-time samples and prototypes to internal and external partners.
Contribute to overall trend stories and portfolio direction.

Who We’re Looking For:
Experience & Skills
- College degree in a design discipline (Textile Design, Surface Design, Graphic Design, etc.) OR equivalent expert industry experience.
- Expert ability to identify an exact color match and exceptional color sense.
- Background or strong desire to learn surface design software, including AVA color software (some experience is ideal, but training will be provided).
- Experience with wide format inkjet printing is highly valued.
- Familiarity with the Adobe Creative Suite or other surface design software.
- Experience in the Resilient hard surface flooring industry is a significant plus.

Key Knowledge & Traits
- An innate eye for color, texture, and pattern.
- A technical understanding of color, color measurement, color mixing, and color-specific language.
- Knowledge of color separations and repeats.
- Highly tech-savvy with excellent organizational skills.
- Requires good visual acuity, peripheral vision, and excellent color vision.

The salary range for this role is $65K to $80K a year and a yearly bonus potential. This range is applicable for jobs performed in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, and business organizational needs.