Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. C.H. Ellis Company, Inc. is a small family-owned manufacturer of custom carrying cases, sewn bags, and foam sets. The Pattern Designer will own soft goods pattern development, translating drawings, samples, and sketches into buildable patterns, creating tech packs, producing samples, and contributing updated design concepts for the company’s products.
Responsibilities
- Turning customer drawings, physical samples, and sometimes a sketch on a napkin into patterns that can actually be built
- Sampling may be done by you (potentially using machines we provide) or in our production department using your patterns depending on the situation
- Putting together tech packs so the floor knows exactly what to do is paramount
Skills
- Hands-on pattern making experience for sewn goods — bags, cases, technical textiles, or something close
- Enough comfort at an industrial sewing machine to make your own sample when that's faster than waiting on our production team
- A real understanding of sewing construction, materials, and hardware
- Ability to work from technical drawings and customer specs
- A creative eye and the confidence to use it
- Adobe Illustrator
- Technical fabrics — Cordura, ballistic nylon, vinyl-coated polyester, webbing, laminates
- Excel and general Office comfort
- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
- Gerber AccuMark or similar CAD patterning software. Nearly all of our production is cut on a Gerber CNC
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Profit sharing
- Paid time off
- A flexible, family-friendly schedule
- 100% remote setting using Teams and other communication tools
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