Senior Materials Developer

5 days ago


Baltimore, Maryland, United States Under Armour Full time
Unlock Your Potential as a Material Development Senior Developer at Under Armour

At Under Armour, we're committed to empowering those who strive for more. As a Material Development Senior Developer, you'll play a critical role in driving innovation and elevating our materials to the next level.

About the Role

We're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Material Development Senior Developer to join our team. As a key member of our innovation team, you'll be responsible for driving material innovation, evolving material processes, and influencing new end-use applications for all product categories.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive and lead material innovation visually and functionally, evolving material processes, and influencing new end-use applications for all product categories.
  • Lead in-season material development while focusing on long-lead and highly engineered, material innovation pipeline.
  • Collaborate with other internal innovation partners to support long-lead, high-profile projects.
  • Be a key partner that fosters an atmosphere of innovative thinking, collaboration, and teamwork.
  • Develop and maintain an understanding of divisional business goals and values and works collaboratively with all cross-functional partners to enhance material development and group effectiveness.
  • Deep understanding of how fibers, yarns, knit, and woven constructions, as well as dyeing and finishing affect a material's performance and aesthetic attributes.
  • Explore and ideate beyond the apparel industry in search of new knowledge and ideas that push and challenge the future of apparel innovation.
  • Develop textiles to an end-specification to ensure quality assurance and commercial viability of a textile through the tested and proven model.
  • Establish a methodological toolkit, and make sure it is shared, understood, and used throughout that connects back to the creative vision and focused performer.
  • Understand of all material capabilities, and have the knowledge to research latest trends in all realms of our business; sportswear, fashion, social, consumer, macro, etc.
  • Communicate/visit/collaborate with our vast network of global partner mills, ingredient suppliers, and trade-shows to develop new textile concepts for on-trend (or future trend) textiles.
  • Partner with our International Materials Team (based in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Panama) for both technical development and completion of textile specifications for all materials Under Armour engineers from across the globe.
Requirements
  • Extensive knowledge and proven experience working in technical textile development and the following principles:
    • Textile apparel materials science experience with familiarity and understanding of all phases of product ideation to commercialization.
    • Natural and synthetic fiber and yarn performance attributes and manufacturing techniques.
    • Understanding of apparel material construction and properties in knitting, weaving, and non-woven constructions.
    • Understanding of apparel material dyeing and finishing processes.
    • Knowledge of value-added chemistries (performance enhancement) and mechanical finishes for enhanced performance.
    • End-use, product-specific materials engineering.
    • Understanding of ASTM, AATCC, ISO, and JIS apparel test standards.
    • Understanding of the materials industry and vendors.
    • Conceptual, technical, and strategic understanding of apparel materials.
    • Aesthetic sense and creativity.
  • Team player - every day motivating others and effectively collaborating in decision-making.
  • Strong communication skills; being able to communicate with both global internal/external customers and suppliers.
  • Ability to work independently without rigidity and constant oversight and collaboratively within the entire organization.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations.
  • Ability to network and influence internal and external resources.
  • Strong ability to effectively communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a broad and diverse audience, contributing sound judgment of policy and strategy.
  • BS in Apparel, Textiles, Materials Manufacturing, Design, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience.
What We Offer
  • Paid "UA Give Back" Volunteer Days: Work alongside your team to support initiatives in your local community.
  • Under Armour Merchandise Discounts.
  • Competitive 401(k) plan matching.
  • Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates.
  • Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources- We offer teammates across the country programs to promote physical activity and overall well-being.

We're committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.



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