The Knits, Woven's and Hardgoods Engineer develops and validates technical sets for apparel, collaborates across teams, and implements manufacturing processes.
Department: Product Creation Development
Reports to: Lead, Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods
Location: North Vancouver
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods Engineer, you collaborate with highly technical teams to execute and develop seasonal product plans from pre-season proof of concept to finalized finished goods toolbox, ready for inline execution each season. You bridge between manufacturing, product development and pattern making experts to ensure that testing and validation methods for knits, wovens and hardgoods technical sets are consistent, measurable, and scalable for manufacturing.
Technical Sets are combinations of materials, technologies, and construction methods that require testing to validate feasibility, durability, strength, manufacturability, repairability, and disassembly. These sets include new material applications, assembly techniques, or sequences that have not been previously tested or commercialized by Arc’teryx.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
We’re a small but high-performing team at the heart of product creation. Our work behind the scenes powers every stage of development—from concept to commercialization. We collaborate closely with Designers, Product Developers, and specialists in Circularity, Repairability, Disassembly, Raw Material Development, and Manufacturing to validate the finished goods toolbox and ensure go-to-market success. By building strong relationships across functions, we transform ideas into durable, sustainable, and innovative products that meet the highest standards of performance and integrity.
If you were our Knit, Wovens and Hardgoods Engineer now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
- Creating testing methodology, controls and standards for knits, wovens and hardgoods materials for finished goods technical sets for validation
- Conducting the validation of combined materials, technologies and construction methods for feasibility, durability, strength, manufacturability, repairability and disassembly for seasonal execution team.
- Partnering with Raw materials development and Product Integrity to identify testing parameters for finished goods.
- Building tools to conduct in house-test capabilities to international test standards
- Interpreting and adapting test standards and analysis of all test results
- Studying new constructions for feasibility and influence its development by applying Design for Manufacturing (DFM) methodology including establishing optimal manufacturing methods, creating templates, tooling and fixtures and partnering with our in-house machine shop.
- Implement Continuous Improvement initiatives and process redesign implementations as proof of concepts evolves.
- Design and execute experiments to Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and partner with Product Integrity to deep dive into opportunities to improve finished goods quality through process design
- Support sustainability, circularity, repairability, and disassembly through all aspects of testing and validation.
- Develop and implement manufacturing processes to achieve production performance targets for new knit, woven and hardgoods constructions
- Collaborate with Product Developers in the design of Standardized technical sets.
- Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain.
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
- Work with T1 partners in standardizing finished goods testing equipment and tools
- Collaborate with advanced concepts team to support future product innovations in sustainability and testing to end of life.
- Work on future PPE projects including and not limited to Harnesses, Airbags, and more
Are you our next Knit, Wovens and Hardgoods Engineer?
- You have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- You have 4+ years’ experience as manufacturing engineer, or raw materials engineer, with a focus on technical apparel
- You have 2+ years of experience working in an apparel or outdoor equipment industry with sound knowledge of garment or equipment construction
- You have experience collaborating in a highly cross-functional role and leading teams through execution.
- You master continuous improvement and are recognized for facilitating change.
- You are an effective communicator and have the ability to work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
- You can embrace the ambiguity. You are flexible and you know how to initiating action. You have strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Building relationship is your other strength. You can balance autonomy and collaboration with strong interpersonal skills with ability to deal with difficult situation with tact and professionalism.
Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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Top Skills
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Testing Methodologies
ARC'TERYX North Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN Office
2220 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7H 1A8
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