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Footwear Color Designer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$42 - $46.67/hr

Develop compelling color stories, palettes, and seasonal concepts for an exciting footwear ... product teams, developers, and merchandising partners, fostering a cohesive creative process.

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Stain/Color Technician

Greenville, SC · On-site

... color vision test as required. * Demonstrated aptitude for learning new processes, tools, and ... Examples: engineering, waste mgt, laundry workers and yards/grounds staff Wilsonart is an Equal ...

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How much do color engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 10, 2026, the average yearly pay for color engineer in the United States is $106,386.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $76,000.00 and $132,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a color engineer do?

A Color Engineer specializes in developing, analyzing, and managing color applications in industries like manufacturing, textiles, printing, and digital displays. They ensure color accuracy and consistency across various materials and production processes using scientific principles, color theory, and specialized software. Their work often involves calibrating equipment, formulating colors, and solving color-related issues.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a color engineer?

To thrive as a Color Engineer, you need a strong background in color science, chemistry, and applied physics, often supported by a bachelor’s degree in a related field. Proficiency with color management systems, spectrophotometers, color measurement tools, and industry standards such as ISO color protocols is essential. Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and effective collaboration skills set top performers apart. These competencies ensure accurate color reproduction, quality control, and effective teamwork in industries such as printing, manufacturing, and product design.

What are the typical daily responsibilities of a color engineer?

As a Color Engineer, your daily responsibilities commonly include developing and managing color formulations, conducting color matching and correction, and ensuring consistency across production batches. You'll frequently use specialized instruments to measure color, work closely with product designers and production teams, and troubleshoot any color-related discrepancies. Collaboration with quality assurance and R&D is typical to refine processes and meet client standards. This role requires balancing technical precision with creative problem-solving to deliver visually consistent products and maintain brand integrity.

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Infographic showing various Color Engineer job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 76% Full Time, 19% Part Time, 3% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 95% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 4% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $106,386 per year, or $51.1 per hour.

Color Material Finish : Engineering Program Manager

Cupertino, CA • On-site

Apple Inc.
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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$181K - $318K/yr

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Color Material Finish: Engineering Program Manager | Cupertino, CA, United States

Apple's Industrial Design team is looking for a CMF Engineering Program Manager to work with the internal color team on delivering world‑class colors, materials, and finishes for all Apple products. The right candidate will have outstanding organizational skills and be able to see multiple projects through from design exploration to engineering development all the way to manufacturing, while working with multiple groups internal and external to Apple.

Responsibilities
  • Track, manage and drive multiple color palettes for multiple products with different lead times and release dates.
  • Juggle multiple project schedules to ensure deadlines for color design decisions and engineering builds are met.
  • Own hundreds of physical samples and documents crucial for the product development cycle.
  • Quickly pivot and switch gears during iterative design processes and inevitable design changes.
  • Understand product timelines on the design and engineering side.
  • Hold running weekly designer reviews and meetings with engineers, delicately moving things forward when needed.
  • Ingest and prioritize large amounts of information and translate it to multiple audiences (manufacturing, engineers, designers) often in different formats.
  • Technically fluently distill information, ask the right questions, and troubleshoot with engineers.
  • Maintain ownership of color targets, master standards, and build units.
  • Work across multiple groups: vendors, product teams, research teams, manufacturing.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Superb organizational skills.
  • Experience with managing large amounts of information.
  • Technical background in material science, engineering, consumer products, textiles, fashion, or automotive.
  • Ability to take direction and work independently as well as collaboratively.
  • High emotional intelligence: able to filter information, understand urgency, and know appropriate time to initiate conversation.
  • Knowledge of Keynote, Excel, Numbers.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Interest in learning fundamentals of color science.
Compensation and Benefits

Base pay ranges from $181,100 to $318,400, depending on skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Employees may participate in discretionary stock programs, purchase Apple stock at a discount, and receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and free services, and education reimbursement. The role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commissions and relocation assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Employment Type: Full‑time

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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

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Company size

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Headquarters location

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Year founded

1976

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