Pattern Master - CAD

Esire; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 446,000 - 781,000; Full time

Job summary

Esire is seeking an experienced CAD Pattern Maker to develop production-ready patterns for men's and women's leather jackets and outerwear for international markets. The role requires strong pattern-making expertise, fit knowledge, and proficiency in standard CAD systems.

The candidate will work across teams to ensure accurate pattern development, grading, and documentation, while maintaining organized digital pattern libraries.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional apparel pattern-making experience.
• Hands-on experience with garment pattern CAD software.
• Proficiency in Gerber AccuMark, Lectra Modaris, Optitex, or TUKAcad.
• Strong understanding of manual pattern making and CAD.
• Experience with leather jackets and structured outerwear preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create accurate digital patterns from tech packs and samples.
• Develop new styles using base blocks for men and women.
• Digitize manual patterns into CAD masters.
• Prepare shell, lining, facing, and reinforcement patterns.
• Grade patterns across the US size range.
• Ensure seam allowances, grainlines, notches, and labels.
• Generate PDFs and DXF for internal teams and suppliers.
• Maintain pattern revision history and library.

Skills

Pattern CAD software

Garment pattern making

Leather jackets

Size grading

Pattern drafting

Education

Fashion pattern diploma

Tools

Gerber AccuMark

Lectra Modaris

Optitex

TUKAcad

Job description

We're hiring an experienced CAD Pattern Maker to develop accurate, production ready patterns for men's and women's leather jackets, outerwear and apparel for international markets. This is a technical pattern-making position—not a graphic-design or basic CAD-operator role. The selected candidate must understand garment fit, construction, grading and physical sampling in addition to operating pattern CAD software.

Key Responsibilities

• Create accurate digital patterns from tech packs, physical samples, reference images and finished-garment measurements.
• Develop new styles using approved men's and women's base blocks.
• Digitize existing manual/card patterns and convert them into controlled CAD masters.
• Develop shell, lining, facing, fusing, pocket and reinforcement patterns.
• Amend patterns based on sample measurements, fit comments, photographs and fitting sessions.
• Grade approved base patterns across the required US size range.
• Check seam lengths, balance, curves, sleeve-cap/armhole compatibility, collar/neckline compatibility and shell/lining alignment.
• Add correct seam allowances, grainlines, notches, drill points, cut quantities and pattern labels.
• Prepare separate production patterns for leather, fabric, lining and reinforcement materials.
• Generate full-scale PDFs and DXF AAMA/ASTM files for internal teams and suppliers.
• Participate in base-size, fit-sample and size-set reviews.
• Maintain pattern revision history and ensure that obsolete patterns are not used.
• Build and maintain an organized digital library of approved blocks and production patterns.
• Work closely with technical design, sampling, cutting, stitching, fit and quality-control teams.

Key Requirements

• 4-5 years of professional apparel pattern-making experience.
• At least two years of hands-on experience using garment pattern CAD software.
• Proficiency in at least one recognized system such as Gerber AccuMark, Lectra Modaris, Optitex, TUKAcad or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of manual pattern making in addition to CAD.
• Experience with leather jackets, structured outerwear, coats, bombers or similar products is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of US men's and women's sizing, finished-garment measurements and grading rules.
• Ability to translate fitting problems into precise pattern corrections.
• Good understanding of leather thickness, stretch direction, turn-of-cloth, lining, interfacing and hardware placement.
• Ability to work accurately in both inches and centimetres.
• Strong file management, pattern labeling and revision-control discipline.
• Diploma or qualification in fashion, garment technology or pattern making is preferred, but strong practical experience may substitute.