Senior Technical Product Developer

Ruggable is a leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand based in Los Angeles, California with an extraordinary track record of high, profitable growth. We pride ourselves on having an extremely loyal customer base and a talented team made up of genuinely caring people who take action and deliver results. We are venture-backed and own a patented washable rug design that's disrupting the home décor industry.

Our mission is to empower our customers to live vibrantly with beautiful products that don't compromise on function. If you're passionate about consumer products, e-commerce, and high-growth start-ups, keep reading!

The Senior Technical Product Developer is responsible for leading the development and commercialization of rugs and home textile products for core product optimization and in-line product expansion. This role requires deep expertise in textile materials, yarns, constructions, manufacturing processes, testing, and product performance, combined with extensive experience working directly with overseas factories and suppliers. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of hands-on product development experience and can translate creative and commercial product direction into technically sound, scalable, cost-effective products.

This individual will serve as a key technical resource across, Design, Product Management, Sourcing, Quality, Compliance, and Operations, proactively identifying risks and resolving complex development and production challenges.

• Lead the development and commercialization of rugs and home textile products from concept/R&D handover through production handover.
• Translate design concepts and product briefs into detailed technical specifications, constructions, materials, performance requirements, and manufacturing solutions.
• Partner directly with overseas factories and suppliers to develop yarns, fibers, fabrics, backing systems, finishes, trims, and constructions that achieve the intended aesthetic, performance, quality, and cost objectives.
• Provide technical expertise across manufacturing processes including weaving, tufting, knitting, extrusion, bonding, coating, washing, dyeing, printing, finishing, and other relevant textile processes.
• Evaluate product constructions and recommend materials, processes, or engineering solutions that improve quality, performance, manufacturability, consistency, and cost.
• Own technical documentation throughout development, including product specifications, sample evaluations, construction details, testing requirements and results, pre-production trials, and final production standards.
• Review development samples and provide clear, technically actionable feedback to suppliers to drive efficient sample iterations and approvals.
• Proactively identify technical, quality, cost, and manufacturing risks and lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions when issues arise.
• Create detailed development timelines and critical-path milestones, partnering cross-functionally to ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Lead pre-production trials and commercialization activities to ensure approved products can be consistently replicated at production scale.
• Establish and maintain product quality and performance standards in partnership with Quality Assurance and Compliance teams.
• Build strong technical relationships with global suppliers and factories and challenge partners to continuously improve capabilities, quality, efficiency, innovation, and cost.
• Conduct factory visits, technical reviews, and development meetings with overseas suppliers as required.
• Partner with Sourcing on cost engineering and value-engineering initiatives while protecting product integrity, performance, and quality.
• Serve as a senior technical resource and…