Technical Designer - Apparel CAD/Gerber & Production

Crye Precision LLC

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Crye Precision LLC in Brooklyn, NY is expanding and seeking an expert Technical Designer to transition new products from development into production. This one-part CAD/Gerber expert, one part firefighter, and one part analytical problem solver reports to the Director of Manufacturing Engineering and will help deliver high-quality tactical apparel and gear.

Responsibilities include solving manufacturing challenges, analyzing tech packs and patterns, creating production markers with Gerber

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in fashion or apparel technical design or equivalent.
1-5 years’ experience in fashion industry, apparel design, or similar.
Strong tech pack design skills: pattern development, garment construction, cut/trims list, BOM’s.
Demonstrated problem solving skills (design portfolio, products, etc.).
Apparel manufacturing: Experience sewing, cutting, trimming, bonding, fabric welding, sealing.
Automated Sewing Systems: experience programing/troubleshooting pattern tackers, bar tackers, buttonhole, and other automated sewing systems (Juki, Brother, Jack, Sunstar etc.).
Military Experience: knowledge of military apparel or gear design requirements and applications.
Language Ability: Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin)

Responsibilities

Problem solving: Use tech design skills to solve a wide variety of challenging problems related to the manufacturing of tactical apparel and gear products.
Design Analysis: Analyze product design tech packs, patterns and samples then provide feedback on design, construction details, proper techniques, and manufacturability.
Marker Making: Work with product designers, pattern makers, and production teams using Gerber Accumark to design efficient production markers for a wide range of sizes and products for high and low volume production of apparel and gear items.
Pattern Design and Development: Use Gerber and AutoCad to analyze/design patterns for manufacturability and high-volume production.
Process Development: Analyze complicated apparel and gear construction sequences, write manufacturing/work instructions conduct cycle time studies, calculate manufacturing metrics (throughput, scrap rate, OEE, etc.).
Teamwork: Work with a cross functional team of tech designers, engineers, production staff, and product designers to create manufacturing solutions for high quality, high throughput production.