**Pattern Maker Job Summary:
**We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Pattern Maker to support our Cutting, Sewing, and Upholstery teams in developing, maintaining, and improving patterns for all soft-goods across our furniture product lines. This role is critical for ensuring high-quality upholstery fit, manufacturability, and repeatable results. This role will report to the Upholstery Supervisor with a strong dotted line to engineering.
Pattern Maker Responsibilities:
- Create, revise, and maintain physical and digital patterns for upholstery, fabric, and vinyl components across a wide variety of SKUs
- Develop patterns that ensure consistent fit, high quality, and manufacturability
- Translate engineering drawings and product specifications into workable sewing and upholstery templates
- Maintain an organized pattern library, ensuring version control and accessibility
- Create and support a fabric testing approval process for incoming customer orders
- Partner with Sewing, Cutting, and Upholstery teams to verify pattern functionality during prototype builds and production trials
- Validate yield efficiency and assist with fabric/vinyl nesting improvements
- Troubleshoot pattern-related issues impacting quality, fit, or takt time
- Provide shop floor support to operators, adjusting patterns as required
- Collaborate with Product Engineering and Upholstery Operators to translate design intent into feasible patterning solutions
- Participate in prototype builds and pilots to ensure smooth transition into production
Schedule & Pay:
from
5 AM – 3:30 PM
**
(five 10-hour
days).
Must be able to work additional
mandatory OVERTIME on
**Saturdays
from4AM – NOON.
**(8 hours occasionally on Saturday)
Starting pay is
$26-35/HR
depending on experience
+
PAY INCREASE after 90 Days!
Pattern Maker Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in upholstery, pattern making, sewing technology, and cut-and-sew manufacturing
- Understanding of fabric behavior, stretch, grain, and vinyl construction
- Proficient in manual pattern drafting and template production
- Ability to read engineering drawings and convert 3D shapes into accurate 2D patterns
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- High attention to detail and craftsmanship
- Experience in furniture, automotive, marine, or similar upholstery industries
- Familiarity with CAD-based patterning tools (AutoCAD, Gerber, Optitex, Eastman, etc.)
- Prototype build or upholstery construction experience