Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods Engineer

Base Pay Range
CA $82,000.00/yr - CA$/yr

Department
Product Creation Development

Reports To
Lead, Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX
As the Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods Engineer, you collaborate with highly technical teams to execute and develop seasonal product plans from pre‑season proof of concept to finalized finished goods toolbox, ready for inline execution each season. You bridge between manufacturing, product development and pattern‑making experts to ensure that testing and validation methods for knits, wovens and hardgoods technical sets are consistent, measurable and scalable for manufacturing.

Technical Sets are combinations of materials, technologies and construction methods that require testing to validate feasibility, durability, strength, manufacturability, repairability and disassembly. These sets include new material applications, assembly techniques and sequences that have not been previously tested or commercialised by Arc’teryx.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team
We’re a small but high‑performing team at the heart of product creation. Our work behind the scenes powers every stage of development—from concept to commercialization. We collaborate closely with Designers, Product Developers and specialists in Circularity, Repairability, Disassembly, Raw Material Development and Manufacturing to validate the finished goods toolbox and ensure go‑to‑market success. By building strong relationships across functions, we transform ideas into durable, sustainable and innovative products that meet the highest standards of performance and integrity.

Core Activities

Creating testing methodology, controls and standards for knits, wovens and hardgoods materials for finished goods technical sets for validation

Conducting the validation of combined materials, technologies and construction methods for feasibility, durability, strength, manufacturability, repairability and disassembly for seasonal execution team

Partnering with Raw Materials Development and Product Integrity to identify testing parameters for finished goods

Building tools to conduct in‑house test capabilities to international test standards

Interpreting and adapting test standards and analysing all test results

Studying new constructions for feasibility and influencing its development by applying Design for Manufacturing (DFM) methodology, including establishing optimal manufacturing methods, creating templates, tooling and fixtures and partnering with our in‑house machine shop

Implementing continuous improvement initiatives and process redesign implementations as proof of concepts evolve

Designing and executing experiments for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and partnering with Product Integrity to dive deep into opportunities to improve finished goods quality through process design

Supporting sustainability, circularity, repairability and disassembly through all aspects of testing and validation

Developing and implementing manufacturing processes to achieve production performance targets for new knit, woven and hardgoods constructions

Collaborating with Product Developers on the design of standardised technical sets

Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labour and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Future Projects

Working with T1 partners to standardise finished goods testing equipment and tools

Collaborating with the advanced concepts team to support future product innovations in sustainability and testing to end of life

Working on future PPE projects, including harnesses, airbags and more

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

4+ years’ experience as a manufacturing engineer or raw materials engineer with a focus on technical apparel

2+ years of experience in an apparel or outdoor equipment industry with sound knowledge of garment or equipment construction

Experience collaborating in a highly cross‑functional role and leading teams through execution

Mastery of continuous improvement and recognition for facilitating change

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