The Position:

At OPSWAT, we build user-centric products to safeguard global critical infrastructure from cyber threats. We're at the forefront of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) solutions and are seeking a highly skilled Senior Designer to join our Product Marketing Creative Team.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced designer capable of leading and evolving our creative marketing efforts across a diverse product portfolio. You will embody the brand, build a consistent and cohesive visual identity tailored to specific personas, and apply rigorous attention to detail. A deep understanding of style guides, spatial relationships, visual hierarchy, motion design, color theory, typography, design systems, responsive layouts, visual frameworks, and component libraries is essential.

This role will report to a regional Creative Leader, and will work closely with brand design, product design, web design, and other corporate functions to execute projects from concept to completion. In this fast-paced environment, you must be capable of juggling multiple projects, maintaining various schedules, and working with a global team spread across the USA, Europe, and Asia. Your ultimate goal is to produce best-in-class, award-level design work that drives leads.

What You Will Be Doing

• Collaborate with a global B2B cybersecurity brand currently in the hyper-growth stage.
• Influence the market's perception of OPSWAT Products with exceptional design.
• Create product marketing campaign collateral such as diagrams, PDFs, illustrations, and imagery.
• Design digital advertising assets such as banners, social ads, and landing pages.
• Manage your portfolio tasks and set priorities.
• Comply with visual systems including typography, iconography, and illustration.
• Ensure new design work aligns with user-centered principles, adheres to brand guidelines, and maintains a high quality.
• Verify your design work for pixel-perfect output.

What We Need From You:

• At least 5 years of relevant working experience
• Passion for marketing design, campaign creative, color theory, and typography.
• Bachelor's Degree and a compelling portfolio showcasing your best work
• Solid illustration skills
• Expertise in Adobe products such as Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and InDesign.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Familiarity with user-first UX principles and empathetic design thinking.
• Understanding of component-driven atomic design.
• Superior analytical abilities and exceptional project management skills with a high attention to detail.
• Strong time management skills.
• Basic familiarity with project management platforms such as JIRA.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a professional level of  English fluency.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a professional manner.
• Capability to maintain composure under pressure.

It Would Be Nice If You Have

• Flexibility to coordinate with colleagues in different time zones.
• Experience with video, animation, and motion design.
• Proficiency in 3D programs such as Blender or Cinema 4D is a plus.

Why you'd love working here

• Meaningful work alongside passionate colleagues.
• International working environment in a global leading cybersecurity product company.
• Attractive compensation package with regular performance assessments and salary reviews.
• 13th-month salary and performance-based bonuses.
• 100% salary and full insurance coverage during the probationary period.
• Comprehensive health care program (PVI) for employee and family members.
• 15+ paid days off per year.
• Employee recognition programs with quarterly, annual, and President’s Club awards.
• Engaging team activities including team building, outings, sports, and trade union events.
• Modern open office located on the top floor in District 3, equipped with recreation areas, sports facilities, fresh fruits, coffee, and tea.

Position Overview

The Soft Goods Development Engineer is responsible for engineering the development of Stanley 1913’s Soft Goods collection, ensuring it is functionally viable, meets design intent, is efficient in production and within margin objectives.

The role is also responsible to assess product designs and offer suggestions to structurally enhance the product. At the same time, this role will work closely with the manufacturing partners to ensure they are optimizing the plant for efficiency, employing tooling, reducing production bottle necks and minimizing minutes on the line.

This role also leads innovation research for Soft Goods and introduces best practices from the industry to both the Stanley 1913 brand and the manufacturing partners.

What You'll Do

• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 design and product development teams on existing and new projects. Provide input from engineering aspect to guide the product teams on construction and raw material choices.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 Quality team and together lead critical milestone events such as Pre-Production runs, Pilot runs, Test Orders and similar. Identify weaknesses and trouble shoot solutions.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 sourcing team to engage and train the manufacturing partners on industry best engineering practices for Soft Goods.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing partners ensuring optimization of the welding and sewing lines.
• Attend regular meetings with cross functional teams and be able to provide updates, relay actions and improvements made, and point out risks and plans to offset.

Interaction and Environment

Reporting to Sr Manager, Quality and Engineering, this role will interact across multiple functions in China, USA, Vietnam, Cambodia and potentially others.

Physical Activities Required to Perform Essential Functions

• Should be able to stand and sit for extended periods of time.
• Should be able to lift 40 pounds if required.
• Be able to travel as needed within and outside of country of station.
• Willingness to work outside traditional office hours when asked.

Who You Are

• Engineering background with experience in textile cut and sew and RF welded soft goods.
• Working knowledge of Six sigma methodology preferred.
• Expert with Adobe Illustrator, 3D Modeling Preferred , and other professional software.
• Excellent communication skills - written, spoken, listening.
• Out of the box thinker, yet analytical and with a bias for process.
• Strong planning & implementation skills, adherence to timelines a must.
• Ability to influence to gain the best outcome for Stanley 1913 products.
• Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Bachelor's degree or above, major in Engineering Discipline, preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in soft goods engineering for a consumer goods brand with global reach.

Position Overview: 

The Soft Goods Technical Development Manager is responsible for leading APAC TD team to drive the development of Stanley 1913’s Soft Goods collection, ensuring it is functionally viable, meets design intent, is efficient in production and within margin objectives.

The role is also responsible to assess product designs and offer suggestions to structurally enhance the product. At the same time, this role will work closely with the manufacturing partners to ensure they are optimizing the plant for efficiency, employing tooling, reducing production bottle necks and minimizing minutes on the line.

This role also leads innovation research for Soft Goods and introduces best practices from the industry to both the Stanley 1913 brand and the manufacturing partners.

Reporting to Sr Manager, Engineering, this role will interact across multiple functions in China, USA, Vietnam, Cambodia and potentially others.

What You'll Do:

• Manage APAC TD team by leading, coaching, and mentoring the team to accomplish the responsibilities and grow the capability continuously.
• Lead and coach TD team to perform APAC TD’s duty in new product development process.
• Deliver tasks assigned on time and efficiently in a positive and collaborative manner. Delivery includes both the technical considerations, as well manager responsibilities.
• Assign TD to join each specific project to support product design, complete design risk review and assessment, develop product test plan, perform sample review and provide comments from product development perspective, be responsible for Confirmation sample and PSA sample review and approval.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 design and product development teams on existing and new projects. Provide input from engineering aspect to guide the product teams on construction and raw material choices.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 Quality team and together lead critical milestone events such as Pre-Production runs, Pilot runs, Test Orders and similar. Identify weaknesses and trouble shoot solutions.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 sourcing team to engage and train the manufacturing partners on industry best engineering practices for Soft Goods.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing partners ensuring optimization of the welding and sewing lines.
• Lead regular meetings with cross-functional teams and be able to provide updates, relay actions and improvements made, and point out risks and plans to offset.
• Build factory engineering / technical capability assessment system and drive for continuous improvement to have the product creation process more smoothly and shorten the lead-time.
• Lead innovation activities from factory side, provide strong understanding to evaluate ideas together with creation team.
• Drive quick strike projects to support quick needs from product management team.

Who You Are:

• Technical / Engineering background with experience in textile cut and sew and RF welded soft goods (Bag related experience preferred).
• Working knowledge of Six sigma methodology preferred.
• Expert with Adobe Illustrator, 3D Modeling Preferred, and other professional software.
• Excellent communication skills - written, spoken, listening.
• Out of the box thinker, yet analytical and with a bias for process.
• Strong planning & implementation skills, adherence to timelines a must.
• Ability to influence to gain the best outcome for Stanley 1913 products.
• Rich experience in project/team management and very familiar with project process, Skilled at prioritizing tasks and managing timelines.
• Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Technology / Engineering Discipline, preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in soft goods development for a consumer goods brand with global reach.
• 5+ years leading TD team (Soft Good)
• Solid experience of technical writing, documentation and presentation
• Confidence working with, and presenting to internal and external clients
• Direct experience communicating with factories
• Travel 30%~50%

About Peak Design

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about building the best possible soft goods?

We are looking for a driven, creative, and fun-loving In Region Soft Goods Product Developer to join our team and help us redefine the world of soft goods.

As an In Region Soft Goods Product Developer, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful mass production of our existing and new soft goods product designs. You will collaborate closely with our soft goods product operations team, Project Managers, external manufacturers, and suppliers to bring new colorways, product updates, and line expansion designs to production within tight timelines.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building top-of-the-line gear that is functional, beautiful, and cost-effective. You will also be responsible for staying up-to-date on the latest trends in soft goods design.

We believe that soft goods can be both functional and beautiful, and we are committed to creating products that meet the needs of our customers while also pushing the boundaries of design. If you are someone who is passionate about soft goods and who is excited to be a part of a team that is redefining the world of soft goods, we encourage you to apply.

Join our team and help us make the world a better place, one carry solution at a time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive product improvements by testing and implementing sustainable fabrics, specialty zippers, or custom webbing, making a difference in the world.
• Ensure seamless project execution by coordinating with project managers and hitting milestones, delivering outstanding results.
• Set the bar high for quality by establishing comprehensive quality control documents and inspection plans with our trusted suppliers.
• Organize and maintain critical documentation and communications related to product manufacturing, playing a vital role in our success.
• Collaborate with designers to bring their visions and product updates to life through technical drawing packages that wow our manufacturing partners.
• Identify opportunities for cost-down and functional improvement by exploring new methods, technologies, materials, and vendors.
• Research and identify areas for technical improvement relating to soft goods product design.
• Facilitate communication with overseas materials and contract manufacturers.
• Manage and execute testing plans to ensure new product designs meet performance requirements.
• Reviewing samples against tech packs on their specifications and execution prior to sample delivery.
• Manage sample tracker closely by working with project managers and tier 1 & 2 suppliers.
• BOM review and management. 
• Be able to provide suggestions to designers/project managers on perfecting products with cost saving ideas, ​​features and benefits, constructions..ect.
• Help transition to QC team after approval samples.

ABOUT YOU

Skills

• 5 years of experience working with soft goods vendors to bring products to mass production for consumers
• Able to transform ideas into reality, collaborating closely with sewing prototypers, sewing factories, fabric weavers, coatings factories, and more
• Proficiency in building soft goods drawing packages, also known as "Tech Packs," using the power of Adobe Illustrator
• Hand sketching ability
• Able to work within structured product development systems, ensuring every crucial step is followed on the path to final mass production
• Able to set up quality control expectations and documentation, ensuring the highest level of product quality at our manufacturing partners.
• This is a remote position based in Vietnam, our soft goods design team will be visiting 2-6 times per year for on-site visits.
• Proven team leadership and communication skills

Note that while these skills are valuable, they are not absolute requirements. If you possess the necessary drive and determination, we're open to being convinced of your capabilities.

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Solidworks or other product development CAD packages
• You use and care a lot about gear (photography, outdoor, or other passion areas)
• You have strong opinions about the products that you use in your life and enjoy debating what makes these products great
• You’re a systems thinker and love optimizing workflow and efficiency - you are capable of navigating surprise roadblocks with rational thinking and problem solving

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Fluent in English, both written and verbal
• Must legally reside and work in Vietnam
• Ability to work on-site at our factories