Senior Technical Developer-Bags and Accessories

Job description

Trove Brands is a privately-held house of brands including BlenderBottle®, Owala®, Whiskware®, and Eco-Brite®. Our patented and best-selling products are designed to simplify and improve everyday life with leading-edge innovation, incomparable quality, and aspirational style. A career at Trove Brands is not about punching the clock. It’s about embracing exciting and fast-paced opportunities that sharpen your skills, drive innovation, and play an integral role in growing our global reach. Your work will not only impact the company, it will impact the lives of millions of people around the world. When you step up to a career at Trove, you step up to cutting-edge excellence. You sign up for bold action and invigorating synergy. You agree to face—and break through—new challenges every single day. The Senior Technical Product Developer owns the technical development and execution of bags and accessories within Trove Brands’ Soft Goods PM and Development team. This role manages the sample process from first prototype through final pre-production approval, ensuring construction, materials, and specifications meet product and quality standards. Working closely with Product Management, Design, Supply Chain, and overseas manufacturing partners, this role translates design intent into accurate, manufacturable products. The Senior Technical Product Developer serves as a key technical partner throughout development, driving precision, consistency, and timely execution. ### **Key Responsibilities** - Manage the prototype and sample review process, evaluating construction, materials, hardware, trim, finishing, and overall execution against approved specifications. - Create, maintain, and update tech packs across active and carry-forward styles, accurately documenting design changes, material substitutions, construction revisions, and final approvals. - Communicate clear, actionable technical corrections to overseas manufacturing partners and manage revisions through resolution. - Support the Design-to-Product Development handoff, translating design concepts into factory-ready specifications while maintaining design intent and manufacturability. - Track sample submissions, approvals, and development milestones across seasonal calendars, maintaining accurate records and proactively identifying timeline or execution risks. - Partner with Product Managers, Design, and CMF Development to ensure material and construction decisions are technically viable and accurately represented in product specifications. - Participate in development reviews and pre-production approvals, assessing construction quality, specification compliance, and manufacturing feasibility while incorporating learnings into future development best practices. ### **Required Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Technical Design, Textile Design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. - 5+ years of experience in soft goods technical design or product development, including hands-on experience from prototype through pre-production in bags, accessories, or structured soft goods. - Demonstrated ability to create, read, evaluate, and maintain tech packs for construction accuracy and specification compliance. - Strong knowledge of soft goods construction, including seam types, hardware attachment, fabric behavior, trim integration, and finishing standards. - Experience working directly with overseas manufacturing partners, including Asian factories, throughout the development cycle from initial samples through bulk production. - Ability to communicate technical corrections and development direction to manufacturing partners with clarity, accuracy, and attention to detail. - Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for technical flats, specification markup, and construction documentation, with the ability to travel internationally several times per year. ### **Desired Qualifications** - Experience with PLM systems and product development documentation workflows. - Mandarin language capability. - Experience conducting in-person factory visits, sample evaluations, or manufacturing assessments. - Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple styles and development timelines simultaneously. - Passion for soft goods construction, material quality, manufacturing excellence, and delivering products to high technical and commercial standards. Our culture is passionate, entrepreneurial, and energetic. We value innovation through collaboration. And while we work smart and hard, we also connect and celebrate with equal gusto. We host team-building activities, athletic events, and seasonal celebrations to foster community and reward accomplishments. Bottom line? You’ll love it here. Among the many benefits our team members enjoy are: - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care - 401k package with employer matching - Paid Time Off - Maternity/Paternity leave - Full indoor basketball/volleyball court - Fully equipped fitness center (cardio, weights, functional fitness area, lockers and showers, etc.) - Yoga studio - Meditation/Nap room - And much more! *Trove Brands is an equal opportunity employer.* *Phone calls regarding this position are not accepted.* ***This is a fully in-office position at our HQ in Lehi, Utah.***