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To support Koala’s core category - upholstery success in coming years, specifically on upholstery textile/cover innovation, working with Koala designer/product management/quality and our suppliers closely, improve product efficiency and customer experience, and contribute innovation to the upholstery category.
Job Responsibility:
Take leading technical responsibility roles for assigned projects on upholstery textile/cover, and homeware, including material selection and specification, textile construction design & validation and with production friendly in consideration
Responsible for making product documentation & specification on upholstery textile/cover and homeware products for suppliers to follow in production
Work closely with Designer, resolve textile/cover part design to ensure optimal user experience while constantly pushing to minimize part complexity and cost
Responsible for upholstery textile/cover and homeware products engineering solution improvement opportunities and implementation
Work closely with the Package team, contribute to upholstery textile and homeware products’ packaging solutions
Work with Quality responsible, to develop and implement in-house testing capability including lifecycle and other performance testing for upholstery textile/cover
Work with Product Managers/Developers to communicate the technical agenda with suppliers and other development partners on upholstery textile/cover and homeware products
Supporting Innovation Director in technical problems solving on upholstery textile/cover and homeware products
Supporting Innovation Director on communicating effectively with key stakeholders including expressing the rationale of upholstery textile/cover and homeware products design and new design decisions, sourcing required information (internally and externally) as well as identifying, escalating and resolving issues arising from the design process
Work closely with Designer and Product managers/Developers to secure the assigned product development project success on time
Requirements:
3 to 5 years’ experience in a Textile Engineering, Garment Technologist, Product Engineering or similar technical role within a high volume manufacturing environment
Degree in Textile Engineering, Apparel Technology, Product Engineering or a related technical discipline
Strong grounding in material science, textile construction, garment assembly and industrial sewing methods
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Illustrator for technical drawings and specification packs
Strong pattern making and sewing or construction capability, with hands on understanding of how textile components are assembled for production
Experience resolving designs to a production ready standard, particularly for upholstery textiles, covers or soft goods assemblies
Confident creating detailed drawings, technical specifications and QC or QA documentation, including tolerances for bulk production
Experience working through fabrication methods to ensure components can be manufactured consistently at scale
Exposure to factory collaboration, sampling, bulk approvals and production troubleshooting in a high volume environment
Experience developing practical solutions to technical challenges that arise during product development and concept generation
Development and production of prototypes to test specific component performance and overall product performance
Experience designing and producing jigs and fixtures for ad hoc or lifecycle testing
Understanding of performance testing for upholstery textiles and textile assemblies
What we offer:
Hybrid working - ~3 days back in the Alexandria Treehouse (office) and work from bed/home (WFB)
Generous time off - volunteer, parental, Koala life leave and more
Fully stocked kitchen with an emphasis on healthy local produce, think bougie brekky, salad bar, kombucha on tap, monthly barbies and more
Pet-friendly - The Koala Treehouse is as pet-friendly as they get
Free Koala products with ‘mates rates’ for your friends and fam
Access to our Employee Assistance Program, which includes unlimited sessions for financial, work, relationship, family or wellbeing support
Accelerate your career - via our Learning Management platform Juno, as well as individual and team growth budgets and dedicated days
Community & connection - BCorp Certified, WWF Partnership, volunteer days, a member of SoftLanding, 1% and so much more