Engineer, Product Development

Make a Lasting Impression. Join Tapestry, the first New York-based house of modern luxury lifestyle brands. A successful career at Tapestry is built on hard work, determination and a genuine passion for what you do. At Tapestry, you are part of a global house of brands that is built around our shared values of optimism, innovation and inclusivity. We believe anyone from anywhere can have the best idea, and with creativity and perseverance, anything is possible.

Whether it be Coach, Stuart Weitzman or Kate Spade, each of our great brands around the world helps people express themselves in their own unique ways.  

Primary Purpose

Technically accountable throughout the stages of product development and commercialization to ensure that our product is properly constructed to interpret Coach’s Design intent and consequently manufactured to Coach’s high quality standards.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Product Development to...

• Works with the team to review prototype sample for quality and accuracy.
• Collaborates and supports PD team in delivering the presentation samples on time.
• Works to resolve technical issues, make mock-ups and pattern revisions as necessary.
• Responsible for reviewing final samples with PD
• Maintain development pattern library
• Completes/clarify technical comments and distributes to VNWS, SPs, CIL and with a copy to PD. This relates to all development sample stages and transfer package to other SPs at CIL. 
• Maintain, update and share best practices of the collection in charge in collaboration with On Site Engineers
• Responsible for product testing during development stage.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Must have extended knowledge on paper pattern ( CAD is not required)
• Handbag manufacturing knowledge is preferred
• Sampling experience is a plus
• Must be creative and able to find solutions to design and construction problems.
• Might require to travel to different cities/countries -
• Good English language skill
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment with multi-cultural members.
• Good aesthetic sense of leather goods.
• Teamwork
• Communications
• Initiative/Pro-activeness

Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Tapestry, Inc. at http://www.tapestry.com/