Senior Technical Designer

As the Senior Technical Designer, you will collaborate with Design, Product Development, and Sourcing to execute premium medical apparel products from development through to production. You’ll be responsible for developing garment fit, construction, grading, and trim through tech packs, flat patterns, and fit comments.  Our ideal candidate is clear with processes, a serial problem solver, and all-star communicator. Lastly, they are creative, passionate about our product, highly organized, and detail oriented. In this role, you will report directly to our Manager of Technical Design and will frequently interact with our Product Development, Design and Production teams. 

Responsibilities: 

• Manage day-to-day communication with factories 
• Attend cross-functional weekly meetings to communicate timeline conflicts, updates, guidance, and solutions 
• Build tech packs including garment specs, construction, and digital pattern for factories to create samples.
• Coordinate, prepare, and organize fit samples for live model fittings and inspect samples following company quality standards 
• Lead weekly fittings and clearly communicate revisions to factories through fit comments, spec and pattern revisions, and construction updates
• Execute fit comments in a timely manner to ensure fit process stays in line with production timelines
• Review graded nest patterns, issue grading guidelines to vendors after fit approval to ensure consistent fit and quality
• Coordinate with design and product development to ensure all design, fabric, trim and construction information in tech pack is correct when passing to the vendor
• Organize and maintain fit block library
• Mentor and develop junior technical designers 
• Work closely with Technical Design leaders on special projects.
• Partner with Product Integrity to creatively solve quality control concerns. 
• Partner with the Raw Material team to wear test new materials 

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Technical Designer at an apparel company
• Associates or Bachelors degree in Fashion Design or Technical Design
• Expert knowledge of fit, pattern making, grading, garment construction, sewing, and technical drawing
• Exceptional eye to identify fit issues and recommend fit solutions while mindful of bulk production and costing 
• Must have cut and sew woven and knit experience
• Able to effectively communicate with international vendors and cross functional teams on a regular basis (written & verbal)
• Proficiency in MS office, Excel, Adobe Illustrator and PLM (Centric is a plus)
• Experience in Digital Pattern-making software (Gerber is a plus)
• Experience with plus-sized lines a plus

FIGS Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range

• At FIGS, your base salary is one part of your total compensation package. This role's base salary range is between $84,000 and $120,000. Actual base salary is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience. 

Additional Compensation and Benefits 

• Equity: All FIGS employees have the opportunity to own shares of FIGS stock through our new-hire equity program. Additionally, FIGS provides a discount when purchasing FIGS stock voluntarily through our FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan  
• Annual bonus: This position is eligible to participate in the FIGS annual bonus program

• Other compensation and benefits offered include: 
• Comprehensive benefits and perks package focused on your well-being, including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, and full access to wellness services through Breethe and Classpass. 100% FIGS-sponsored life insurance and disability insurance  
• Amazing 401(k) program, with a company match up to the first 6% of your contribution
• Generous paid time off - We have 12 company holidays. For salaried team members, we offer flexible vacation. For our hourly team members, we offer up to 3 weeks of accrued vacation
• Meaningful time away for baby bonding, including parental leave, new parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers
• FIGS sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in-office weeks
• Personalized discount code for 50% off all FIGS products, along with a separate code to share with family and friends to enjoy a 25% discount site-wide
• Access to FIGS Vet, Discounted Pet Daycare, Discounted Pet Insurance, and so much more…

*Benefits eligibility is determined by hour requirements and length of service 

A little bit about us…

FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.

Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world.