Senior Apparel Engineering Lead — Production Readiness

VF Corp.; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 540,000,000 - 780,000,000; Full time

Job summary

VF Corporation seeks a Senior Apparel Engineer to independently lead technical industrialization and production readiness for high-risk apparel products. You will integrate product engineering, vendor capability, risk management and data-driven follow-up to improve right-first-time execution and accelerate GTM timelines.

You will partner with Brand Development, Sourcing Development and vendors to meet safety, fit, performance, quality and manufacturability requirements, overseeing production

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in apparel engineering, technical development or product development.
• Experience independently managing complex or high-risk apparel products from development to production readiness.
• English and local language proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead product industrialization across development, collaboration and commercialization stages with physical and digital sampling.
• Resolve complex fit, pattern, construction and material issues with advanced technical expertise.
• Own development-to-production handover and ensure production readiness and risk resolution.
• Review prototype to production outputs; ensure alignment with product intent and specs.
• Manage vendor performance, drive corrective actions and capability improvement.
• Mentor Apparel Engineers and lead cross-functional initiatives without formal management.

Skills

Product engineering

Industrialization

Risk management

Vendor collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Communication

Technical leadership

Tools

Gerber

PLM (Flex)

Browzwear

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

VF Corporation seeks a Senior Apparel Engineer to independently lead technical industrialization and production readiness for high-risk apparel products. You will integrate product engineering, vendor capability, risk management and data-driven follow-up to improve right-first-time execution and accelerate GTM timelines.

You will partner with Brand Development, Sourcing Development and vendors to meet safety, fit, performance, quality and manufacturability requirements, overseeing production