Salary Range: $93,671.00 - $140,507.00
Position Summary:The Pattern Developer is responsible for developing, refining, and maintaining production-ready patterns for upholstered furniture products. This role translates design intent, engineering requirements, and prototype concepts into accurate, repeatable patterns that support product quality, manufacturability, material utilization, and efficient production.
Working closely with Product Development, Design, Engineering, Upholstery, Sewing, and Manufacturing teams, the Pattern Developer takes products from prototype through production release while ensuring patterns meet dimensional, aesthetic, ergonomic, and manufacturing requirements.
Responsibilities and Essential Functions:- Develop upholstery patterns from sketches, CAD data, physical prototypes, existing products, and design direction.
- Establish appropriate seam allowances, notches, grain/orientation requirements, match points, stretch considerations, and assembly references.
- Develop patterns that balance design intent with repeatability and manufacturability.
- Partner with prototype sewing and upholstery teams to build and evaluate first-off samples.
- Identify pattern, sewing, upholstery, or construction issues during prototype builds and implement appropriate corrections.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and production teams to ensure patterns and construction methods are practical for production.
- Simplify construction where appropriate while preserving product appearance, quality, and performance.
- Develop patterns with consideration for fabric, leather, vinyl, mesh, and other upholstery material characteristics.
- Work with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for material and cost reduction without negatively affecting product quality.
- Support pilot builds, production launches, and manufacturing troubleshooting related to pattern fit, sewing, and upholstery.
- Investigate production issues and determine whether root causes are associated with patterns, materials, sewing processes, upholstery methods, foam, frames, or dimensional variation.
- Create and maintain accurate digital pattern files and associated technical documentation.
- Support development and improvement of pattern-development standards and best practices.
Qualifications, Skills and Education:Required- 5+ years of experience in pattern development, upholstery pattern making, sewn-product development, or a related field
- Strong understanding of sewing construction and upholstery techniques
- Demonstrated ability to develop patterns from physical prototypes, design concepts, or technical information
Preferred- Experience developing patterns for office seating, automotive seating, residential furniture, transportation interiors, or other complex upholstered products
- Experience working with fabric, leather, vinyl, mesh, foam, and laminated upholstery materials
- Familiarity with CAD systems and engineering drawings
Perks and Benefits:We hope that you're excited by the possibilities that come along with working at Exemplis! With us,
TEAM comes first. We bring integrity, passion, and excellence to work each day. Being part of our team means living our core values and thriving in an environment of constant innovation and positive change.
In addition to our unique culture, we also offer these fun perks and benefits.
- Competitive Salary: Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges are developed with the support of national benchmarks and industry best practices that adjusts to your cost of labor, years of relevant experience, skill set, and education.
- Health Insurance: We offer a variety of health insurance options (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for all of our team members. Eligible the first month following your start date.
- 401(k): We match 100% up to 3% and then 50% of the next 2% deferred.
- Time Off: Taking time off to recharge is a must whether it is for your personal health or vacation; paid time off starts accruing day 1!
- Observed Holidays: 10 company observed holidays: New Years, Martin Luther King, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.
- Employee Discounts: We offer our employees discounts across all of our product lines.
- Hit our Numbers Lunch: When we hit our monthly milestones, we all celebrate!
- Tuition Scholarships: Partnership with UMASS Global for 10%-20% off tuition for you and/or your family.
