Textile Product Developer

Textile Product Developer

📍 On site / Brussels  | 🕒 Part-time or freelance

Bambaw – Consumer Durables

Bambaw is expanding its range of textile products (bedding, reusable textiles, household fabrics), and we are looking for a textile product developer to help us design, validate and launch high-quality, sustainable and high-performance textile products.

If you love fabrics, fiber science, functional performance (cooling, antibacterial, durability), and solving problems with suppliers → you'll thrive there.

🔧 What you'll do

You'll own the entire textile development lifecycle — from fiber selection, spinning, → fabric manufacturing → testing → production readiness → post-launch improvement.

You will need to:

• Develop textile solutions from feasibility → prototypes → PPS → launch

•  Engineer Fabric Blends (Fiber Selection + Spinning + Yarn Specifications)

•  Define the constructions (GSM, types of weaving/knitting, cable, finishing) to achieve the target performance

•  Perform textile performance tests (cooling, breathability, antibacterial, moisture wicking)

•  Washing and durability tests (shrinkage, pilling, color fastness, tensileness, seam strength)

•  Align factories with sewing, tolerances, measurement charts, and finishing standards

•  Lead structured prototyping cycles and iterate quickly with suppliers

•  Approve the PPS and validate supplier readiness for bulk production

•  Review customer feedback on a monthly basis; Investigate the root causes and fix the discs

•  Enhance existing products (Gen1 → Gen1.1) with data-driven textile enhancements

•  Build the specifications, test protocols and QC tools that evolve our textile category

🧠 What you bring

Indispensable:

•  3 to 5+ years in textile development, apparel technology, textile engineering, or quality control

• In-depth understanding of textile performance (cooling, antibacterial, absorption, drape, breathability, durability)

•  Experience in the development of fiber blends (viscose/cotton, bamboo/cotton, TENCEL blends, recycled fibers...)

•  Experience working with spinners, spinners and mills in yarn and fabric engineering

•  Ability to perform structured textile testing and translate results into specifications and tolerances

•  Strong problem-solving skills for recurring textile problems (fabric shrinkage, pilling, GSM variations...)

•  Excellent documentation habits (data sheets, test reports, QC guidelines)

•  Strong communication with suppliers (Asia/EU) and ability to foster alignment

To be aware of:

•  Experience with bedding or home textiles

•  Knowledge of thermal comfort standards or functional finishing techniques

•  Experience improving existing textile SKUs after launch

•  Familiarity with third-party inspections and Go/No-Go decisions

🧩 Who will love this role

• Textile engineers who appreciate the practical development from fibers → yarns → fabrics → products

• Product developers who like to solve sustainability and comfort challenges

• People who enjoy building clear specifications, tolerances, test plans, and scalable processes

• Individuals motivated by the provision of high-performance, sustainable textiles

It is not suitable if:
Your experience is mainly in creative or visual design, with no depth in manufacturing, testing or performance.

1. CV screening

2. Video questionnaire & Skills assessment test

3. Call Interview

4. Case study + In-person interview

5. Reference check

6. Let's start ! 🚀