Textile Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Lorton, VA

1d•$69,400 - $158,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Textile Engineer, you know that every successful clothing and footwear project relies on clearly defined processes and innovative approaches to achieving its goals. In this role, you’ll help address material challenges or digital transformation gaps in clothing and footwear, bringing your expertise in textile properties, testing, and industry standards to create innovative, high-quality solutions that meet rigorous performance and quality benchmarks. In this role, you’ll draw on your strong data analytics skills and knowledge of textile engineering and materials science to address the unique challenges of the DoW. You'll work closely with team members to gain quantitative insights from current processes, propose enhancements, and implement solutions to meet the demands of an evolving industry. This versatile role requires a balance of creativity, adaptability, and technical expertise to tackle challenges in organizational clothing and individual equipment. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

3+ years of experience analyzing performance requirements for clothing, footwear, materials, or individual equipment solutions
Experience with fibers, yarns, fabrics, and garment construction
Knowledge of sizing and fit, grading, block pattern development, apparel defects, quality assurance, quality control, and prototyping
Ability to develop solutions within a collaborative and cross-functional team environment
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience working with digital transformation of domestic textile manufacturers and cut and sew facilities
Experience with data-informed analysis on government specification documents, such as Mil-Specs, Mil-Standards, Purchase Descriptions (PDs), and Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDs)
Experience with textile testing standards, such as AATCC, ASTM, ISO, and SATRA
Experience leading engineering projects or workstreams
Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Gerber Accumark, CLO3D, or Browzwear
Knowledge of DoW acquisition processes and technology transition

Responsibilities

Help address material challenges or digital transformation gaps in clothing and footwear.
Bring expertise in textile properties, testing, and industry standards to create innovative, high-quality solutions that meet rigorous performance and quality benchmarks.
Draw on strong data analytics skills and knowledge of textile engineering and materials science to address unique challenges.
Work closely with team members to gain quantitative insights from current processes, propose enhancements, and implement solutions to meet the demands of an evolving industry.
Tackle challenges in organizational clothing and individual equipment.