At Burton, we are a purpose-led brand rooted in snowboarding and the outdoors. We fight for the future of our people, planet, and sport. We aim to maximize our positive social impact and minimize our negative environmental impact while delivering high-quality performance products.
As a global leader in snowboarding, we’re committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion for the long-term health of our company, sport, and community. Through these efforts, we aim to make snowboarding and the outdoors accessible to all.
The Breakdown:
Technical Designers collaborate with the Creative, Development, and Asia Merchandising teams to develop garments from initial concept through production. Technical Designers are responsible for interpreting sketches and providing technical recommendations while engineering optimal patterns and specifications to achieve design concepts and meet product brief deliverables. Technical Designers are encouraged to stay abreast of market trends, research new technologies, and create forward-thinking concepts to fulfill current or future consumer needs.
What You Get to Do:
- Use your technical expertise to design and engineer innovative concepts and styles.
- Maintain fit standards from initial concept through production, utilizing block patterns and standard fit forms to ensure consistency.
- Draft and edit digital patterns to build garment blocks, virtual prototypes, and digital assets in CLO 3D software.
- Create, update, and maintain accurate measurement specifications and fit comments in Centric PLM.
- Measure and evaluate proto samples prior to fitting to determine spec compliance and fit accuracy.
- Conduct initial fit reviews with design and development on forms and/or virtually in CLO.
- Lead fit sessions on live models to test garment range of motion and function based on intended end use; demonstrate to cross-functional partners how to achieve the desired aesthetic and function through pattern and/or measurement updates.
- Adjust patterns and measurement specs to resolve fit issues and reflect updates made during design reviews and fittings. Communicate pattern and spec revisions to vendors.
- Review grading and ensure proportions are maintained throughout the size range; make necessary adjustments and provide graded measurement specs upon fit approval.
- Track and manage workflow to meet seasonal calendar milestones.
What You'll Bring to The Team:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Patternmaking, Apparel Production, or related.
- 3+ years’ experience in technical design, patternmaking, and fitting.
- Knowledge of blocks, grading, construction, and garment manufacturing.
- Experience using PLM and 2D/3D patternmaking software; CLO 3D software knowledge preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft Office and Adobe Illustrator.
- An aesthetic sense and an eye for proportion and scale.
- Experience interpreting design intent and offering solutions while maintaining a consumer-centric point of view.
- Ability to manage multiple projects while shifting priorities to support Technical Design and Innovation team deliverables.
- Keen attention to accuracy and detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and timely follow-through.
- Ability to cultivate respectful team and cross-functional relationships through problem-solving and collaboration.
The approximate timeline of the assignment is mid-January 2026 through mid-June 2026. The role is located at our Headquarters in Burlington, VT.
The hiring range for this role is $35-$40 an hour, depending on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, and available budget. Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and do not include any other benefits that we offer. Though we wish we could reach out to all applicants personally, you will only be contacted directly should you be chosen to move forward in the process. Candidates not chosen for this particular opportunity are encouraged to check back often for other roles as they are posted.
