Senior Tech Designer (Apparel)

Location: Los Angeles

Company

hirify.global operates in intelligent manufacturing, industrial internet, and industrial automation, with a focus on design.

What you will do

• Own technical development for assigned womenswear categories from samples through production approval.
• Lead live-model fit sessions, evaluating balance, proportion, ease, construction, and comfort.
• Create and maintain tech packs with measurements, points of measure, construction details, tolerances, and grading rules.
• Review prototype, fit, size-set, and pre-production samples and verify corrections.
• Partner with vendors, factories, and cross-functional teams to resolve fit, pattern, construction, quality, cost, and manufacturing issues.
• Maintain fit blocks, size standards, and construction guidelines; track approvals, flag risks, and recommend improvements using quality, customer, and return data.

Requirements

• 5+ years of apparel technical design experience, including ownership of womenswear categories from development through production approval.
• Strong knowledge of garment fit, patternmaking, grading, construction methods, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience independently leading live fittings and communicating precise technical corrections through written instructions, annotated photos, sketches, and pattern corrections.
• Understanding of how fabric stretch, recovery, shrinkage, and drape affect garment fit and performance.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Excel, and PLM systems.
• Proficiency in Mandarin and English communication, including experience working with overseas vendors.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Degree in Technical Design, Fashion Design, Patternmaking, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role based in Los Angeles.
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members and contribute to team process improvements.