Textile Engineer at 631 Booz Allen Hamilton_United States — Lorton, VA
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Textile EngineerThe Opportunity:
As a Textile Engineer, you know that every successful clothing and footwear project relies on clearly defined processes and innovative approaches to achieving its goals. In this role, you’ll help address material challenges or digital transformation gaps in clothing and footwear, bringing your expertise in textile properties, testing, and industry standards to create innovative, high-quality solutions that meet rigorous performance and quality benchmarks.
In this role, you’ll draw on your strong data analytics skills and knowledge of textile engineering and materials science to address the unique challenges of the DoW. You'll work closely with team members to gain quantitative insights from current processes, propose enhancements, and implement solutions to meet the demands of an evolving industry. This versatile role requires a balance of creativity, adaptability, and technical expertise to tackle challenges in organizational clothing and individual equipment.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
- 3+ years of experience analyzing performance requirements for clothing, footwear, materials, or individual equipment solutions
- Experience with fibers, yarns, fabrics, and garment construction
- Knowledge of sizing and fit, grading, block pattern development, apparel defects, quality assurance, quality control, and prototyping
- Ability to develop solutions within a collaborative and cross-functional team environment
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree
Nice If You Have:
- Experience working with digital transformation of domestic textile manufacturers and cut and sew facilities
- Experience with data-informed analysis on government specification documents, such as Mil-Specs, Mil-Standards, Purchase Descriptions (PDs), and Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDs)
- Experience with textile testing standards, such as AATCC, ASTM, ISO, and SATRA
- Experience leading engineering projects or workstreams
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Gerber Accumark, CLO3D, or Browzwear
- Knowledge of DoW acquisition processes and technology transition
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance required.
Compensation
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- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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