Product Developer II

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the YETI Design and Category Management Teams to understand the vision and direction for the product
• Work with our internal teams and external manufacturing partners to advance a product from prototype stages to successful mass production
• Work with Project Managers to clearly understand the project timeline and adhere to milestones and deliverables
• Troubleshoot design, material, and trim details required to execute the desired design
• Work with Designers to deliver and communicate technical drawing packages to our manufacturing partners
• Communicates directly with factory partners to facilitate the product sampling process to ensure that design intent is executed appropriately, and construction techniques and patterns are optimized for DFM
• Works closely with Product Quality to ensure that all assigned projects meet the demanding standards of all YETI products
• Manages finished goods product testing with internal and external test labs in order to qualify new designs for production release
• PARTNERS Closely with internal YETI Materials Developers to effectively develop new materials, trims, and hardware

Qualifications and Attributes

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of experience in product development preferably in accessories, bags, or apparel
• Experience working with RF Welded construction and insulated softgoods
• Experience working with soft goods vendors (sample rooms, finished goods factories, fabric weavers, fabric coatings factories, etc.) to bring products to commercial new products
• Proficiency in building soft goods drawing packages such as tech. packs and sample requests
• Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator
• Experience working within structured product development systems to organize new product development and phase gate systems, PLM (product lifecycle management) experience is a benefit
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and a strong sense of urgency and follow-through

Benefits & Perks

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