Professional, Innovation Sewing Technician

Professional, Innovation Sewing Technician

At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.

Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we're here, and fueling everything we do.

Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

The Professional, Innovation Prototyping owns the end-to-end execution of Under Armour’s product prototypes & samples that are designed at our Lighthouse Innovation Center. This role works closely with cross-functional partners to interpret a design concept and then engineers it into a functional product that solves the needs of our athletes using the latest innovations in materials, techniques, and equipment.

PROFESSIONAL, MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNICIAN

The Materials Processing Technician will have the opportunity be a part of the development of Under Armour’s Lighthouse, where we are exploring advanced manufacturing processes and prototyping/sampling of apparel and footwear. The Materials Processing Technician will be responsible for coordinating the full spectrum of daily apparel materials processing.

PROFESSIONAL, INNOVATION PROTOTYPING

• Execute concepts utilizing a variety of equipment equipped with manual and automatic controls, including textile cutting tables, laser cutting, sewing & seamless equipment, heat presses, embroidery, pad printing, and more. Execute component and/or complete sewing operations within a team/modular approach to provide full or partial garment prototypes from a pattern.
• Evaluate design sketches and exercise independent judgement to determine best method(s) of creating garment concepts.
• Utilize advanced knowledge to ideate and create original concepts to meet the needs of our Focused Performers.
• Analyze manufacturing “sew-ability” to determine and document methods that increase efficiency, reduce cost, improve quality, and/or add innovative features.
• Interact cross functionally with Technical Designers, Designers, Engineers, Mechanics and Managers, offering ideas and recommended approaches based on experiences with construction and/or fabric

PROFESSIONAL, MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNICIAN

• Foster an open mind and a desire to implement new techniques and technologies within the Apparel Prototyping Processes; including implementation of processes to improve the quality of products.
• Execute and innovate component and/or complete assembly operations.
• Uses CAD software (Lectra, Optitex and Gerber) to create standard principles and guidelines for prototyping patterns and production markers.
• Work with our supply team to order the right amount of materials; calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, area, perimeter and volume for materials based on cutting methodology.
• Collaborate in pattern theory, education, making, digitizing and grading for all the new assembly processes such as adhesive bonding, ultrasound, and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS).
• Work towards improving the Overall Material Utilization, such as spread loss and marking efficiency.
• Collaborates in the execution of garment customization for UA sponsored Athletes and Customization/Bespoke Platforms
• Produces essential novelty details and socket suspensions garments for veterans in rehabilitation and prosthetic transition. (Customizing through actual amputates body fitting and made to measure). Working on personal needs garments and special request).
• Identifies opportunities for cost savings by style and reviews with the Sr. Director of Prototyping, Product Development and Sourcing.
• Develop and maintain the projects CAD Manuals.
• Maintain constant communication with leadership and peer team to make sure that…