Textile Engineer

About the position

We are looking for a passionate Textile Engineer to join our team. As a critical member of our Textiles team (part of our Product team) and a cross-functional partner to our Hardware and Operations teams, your primary responsibilities will be to test, operate and develop fabrics on our first-of-its-kind 3D weaving machinery. We're looking for someone with extensive experience in fabric development, someone familiar with industrial textile production, and someone excited about the risks and rewards of joining a Series B-funded startup.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development, testing, and commercialization of our 3D weaving technology
• Operate revolutionary robotic loom to create apparel products and fabric swatches
• Contribute to continuously improving our hardware and software to optimize woven outputs
• Identify, root-cause and resolve issues related to weaving reliability and fabric quality
• Coordinate, plan, and execute production runs
• Work with hardware engineering team to ideate and develop manufacturing technology
• Interface with Hardware and Product teams to understand testing needs, develop test plans, perform tests, and analyze and communicate results
• Collaborate with engineers and technicians on integration and testing of new features
• Create and maintain internal documentation, spec sheets and SOPs

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Textile Engineering, Textile Technology, Fiber Science, Materials Science, or related fields
• Extensive experience with fabric development
• Experience managing production runs or fabric manufacturing
• Experience designing, conducting, and analyzing experiments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable working with a team of engineers and technicians
• Experience and comfort working with textile machinery and robotics
• Energized by new ideas in apparel and product manufacturing
• Able to work full time on-site in Emeryville

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with weaving in the industrial setting, including yarn prep and woven draft patterning
• Experience sourcing for apparel and textile manufacturing, especially yarn
• Knowledge of fiber and polymer science
• Knowledge of fabric and garment finishing methods
• Statistical and data analysis knowledge and experience
• Project management experience
• Experience working on fast-paced early stage R&D projects
• Automation and robotics experience
• Familiarity with hardware engineering design and implementation practices
• Familiarity with basic programming concepts and patience working with beta stage software
• Experience testing and debugging mechanical or automated systems

Benefits

• self-regulated vacation policy
• comprehensive (gold & platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)
• company sponsored 401k
• monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month
• pre-tax commuter benefits
• incentive stock options