Manufacturing Design
Core
Researching and setting up new manufacturing technologies for creating highly engineered textile materials, including yarn and fabric manufacturing, post processing, and metrology.
Role type
Manufacturing Design Engineer (Textile Engineering)
Builds
Highly engineered textile materials (yarn, fabric) for mass production
Domain
Textile manufacturing and engineering
Required skills
Textile engineering, Failure analysis, Manufacturing equipment development, Metrology development, Statistical data analysis, Cross-functional collaboration, Supplier evaluation, Process improvement, Knowledge transfer across knitting/weaving technologies, Product management tools (PLM, Agile)
Preferred skills
N/A
Technologies
PLM, Quick-base, Agile, JMP
Responsibilities
Research and develop new yarn and textile manufacturing technologies; Implement tighter control of existing finishes; Develop, pilot, and scale new engineered textiles for mass production; Research and develop innovative ways of characterizing and testing textiles including new metrology; Support cross-functional teams with Failure Analysis and troubleshooting; Identify and lead new innovative methods of continuously improving manufacturing processes; Collaborate with product and industrial design teams to understand design intent and identify state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies; Evaluate supplier capabilities and drive on-site support for implementation of manufacturing processes at supplier locations; Maintain working knowledge of key process drivers to serve as a technical resource on project teams.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC