Product Developer / Designer

About the role

Gymreapers is looking for a Product Developer / Designer who has personally owned both halves of the job, the design and the development. This is not a designer who hands concepts to a developer, and it’s not a developer who waits on someone else’s designs. You’ll take softgoods and accessories from a sketch on day one all the way to a production-ready product. Products could include anything from belts, straps, wraps, bags, training gear, or apparel.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development process from concept through production, ensuring products meet our standards for quality, fit, and construction
• Turn market, competitor, and athlete insight into concepts, sketches, and design direction
• Identify opportunities for innovation across new and existing categories
• Participate in product ideation and roadmap development
• Support future category expansion initiatives
• Design for performance, durability, fit, aesthetics, and brand alignment
• Build detailed tech packs (construction details, points of measure, material and hardware callouts) and own BOMs and cost breakdowns (CBDs)
• Select materials and hardware (webbing, nylon, neoprene, foam, leather, textiles, buckles, trims) with cost and manufacturability in mind
• Manage the day-to-day development and sampling of assigned projects, including hands-on sample rounds and fit sessions
• Work cross-functionally with merchandising and costing teams to take concepts to final product, and manage production handoff with accurate specs
• Own development timelines and the calendar from concept to handoff, milestones, prototype rounds, WIPs, and material lead times
• Flag delays and risks early and keep development and launch schedules current
• Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple seasons at a time

What We're Looking For

• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, multitasks, and reacts quickly
• Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills
• A genuine passion for strength, fitness, and performance gear
• Strong knowledge of the fitness industry and training products
• Has personally owned both the design and the development of products brought to market (this is the core of the role)
• A portfolio or track record that shows products taken from concept sketch through to production
• Strong sewn-product / cut-and-sew construction knowledge and the ability to build clear, production-ready tech packs
• Solid materials and hardware fluency
• Comfortable negotiating cost, MOQs, and timelines directly with overseas factories, with an eye on margin
• Strong Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• 2+ years in softgoods development and design: apparel, accessories, sporting goods, tactical gear, bags/packs, or consumer products
• CAD/3D tools (Fusion 360, Blender, Clo3D)
• PLM, BOM, and cost-sheet experience a plus

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive Pay
• Company paid holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Gymreapers on-site gym!
• Newly renovated HQ!
• 401(k) with up to a 4% employer match
• Life Flight Program, Voluntary
• Employee Assistance Program
• 100% Employee Discount
• 100% Employer Paid: Medical, Dental and Vision
• 100% Employer Paid: Short-term and Long-term disability - life insurance for both employee and spouse/dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) employee option

Pay

Competitive Pay

Schedule

Full-Time