Senior Textile Quality Assurance Associate
Core
Ensuring quality standards for textiles, apparel, and accessories by testing materials, inspecting goods, and solving quality issues from development to bulk production.
Role type
Senior Quality Assurance Associate (Textiles/Apparel)
Builds
Finished garments and accessories adhering to global quality standards and sustainability goals
Domain
Fashion retail / Textile manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
textile and apparel quality assurance, material risk analysis, AATCC and ASTM testing standards, stakeholder communication, defect diagnosis and troubleshooting, corrective and preventive action planning, factory performance metrics tracking, SOP creation
Preferred skills
Airtable and Excel analysis, Mandarin/Cantonese/Korean/Italian language proficiency
Technologies
Airtable, Excel
Responsibilities
Implement and execute global inspection and testing programs with factories and partners; Analyze new materials, test results, and risks to recommend finished good usage; Manage return rate analysis and collaborate on risk mitigation plans; Troubleshoot and solve development and bulk quality issues (workmanship, color, etc.); Create corrective and preventive action plans; Track and analyze quality defect reporting to identify themes; Define and communicate factory performance metrics; Create protocols and SOPs for best practices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC