Technical Designer l PJ Salvage

Job Title

Technical Designer l PJ Salvage

Brand Overview

PJ Salvage is a leading name in the fashion industry, specializing in high-quality sleepwear, loungewear, and beyond. With a commitment to comfort and style, we have established ourselves as a sought-after brand. P.J. Salvage is a California lifestyle brand, specializing in the world’s softest pajamas, loungewear and lifestyle apparel (and the accessories to go with them!) With a multi-generational appeal, our collections inspire happiness & comfort so that you can more fully embrace life’s moments. Live cozy, feel playful, let your personality shine. Always comfy, never boring.

Position Overview

PJ Salvage is seeking a detail-oriented Technical Designer to help bring the brand’s product vision to life while protecting fit, quality, construction, and consistency from initial prototype through production. This role translates design intent into clear, accurate, production-ready technical specifications and helps ensure products meet established standards and seasonal timelines.

Working closely with Design, Product Development, Quality Assurance, and domestic and international vendors, the Technical Designer will lead fit reviews, communicate technical comments, track sample progress, and resolve fit or construction issues throughout product development. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with knits and wovens, strong cut-and-sew technical knowledge, excellent organization, and the ability to balance product integrity with calendar deadlines. Activewear experience is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Fit, Construction & Product Quality
• Lead and manage fit sessions for assigned styles; evaluate garment fit, construction, and workmanship; and drive styles through final fit approval, collaborating with the Design and Technical Design teams as needed.
• Evaluate development, fit, and pre-production samples for measurements, construction, workmanship, and consistency with approved technical specifications.
• Communicate clear, actionable comments on fit, quality, and construction to domestic and international vendors.
• Maintain consistent fit and quality standards across seasons and help new vendors understand brand requirements.
• Partner with Quality Assurance and Product Development to investigate and resolve production quality issues.
• Demonstrate independent technical problem-solving by proactively identifying fit and construction issues and recommending workable solutions to maintain product quality and development timelines.

Technical Specifications & Standards

• Create, maintain, and update accurate, production-ready technical specifications and tech packs in PLM, ensuring all measurements, grading, construction details, and fit comments are clearly communicated.
• Help maintain size and fit standards, grade rules, tolerances, construction standards, and measurement methods. Review and validate vendor-submitted graded specifications for accuracy and consistency.
• Develop, maintain, and update standard fit, measurement, grading, and construction blocks as needed to ensure consistency across styles and seasons.
• Keep technical manuals and related documentation up to date and distribute updates to the relevant teams.

Product Development & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Coordinate technical development for assigned styles in line with seasonal calendars and sourcing strategy.
• Track fit sample progress against vendor timelines, communicate fit comments and technical approvals within established development timelines, and proactively flag risks to key milestones.
• Partner with Design, Product Development, Quality Assurance, and vendors to resolve technical issues and keep development on track.
• Maintain internal metrics and provide timely updates on sample status, fit progress, and outstanding issues.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of technical design experience in apparel, with strong knowledge of knit and woven construction, garment fit, grading, and production processes
• Hands-on technical design experience with both knit and woven apparel
• Experience with cut-and-sew construction and evaluating garment fit, measurements, construction, and quality
• Ability to create and maintain technical specifications, tech packs, measurement standards, and fit comments
• Understanding of fit sessions, sample review, grading, tolerances, and product development from prototype through production
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear technical direction to vendors
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and follow-through while managing multiple styles and deadlines
• Ability to maintain internal metrics and track sample progress against seasonal calendars

Preferred Qualifications

• Activewear technical design experience
• Experience using PLM, including creating and maintaining technical specifications and tech packs.Understanding of Centric PLM is a plus.
• Experience working with domestic and international manufacturing vendors
• Experience supporting a branded apparel business with established fit, quality, and construction standards

Compensation

Pay range: $70,000-$75,000/yr.

At Delta Galil, we strive to hire and nurture amazing talent. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, experience, specialized skills, and internal alignment. 

 Company Overview  

Delta Galil USA, Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel products for men, women, and children. Since its inception in 1975, the company has continually endeavored to create products that follow a body-before-fabric philosophy, placing equal emphasis on comfort, aesthetics, and quality. Delta Galil develops innovative seamless apparel, including bras, shapewear and socks; intimate apparel for women; underwear for men, including under its owned brands Schiesser, Eminence, Organic Basics and Athena; babywear, activewear, sleepwear and loungewear, including under its owned P.J. Salvage and Delta brands. Delta Galil also designs, develops, markets, and sells branded denim and apparel under the brand 7 For All Mankind®, and ladies’ and kids’ apparel under the brand Splendid®. In addition, it sells its products under brand names licensed to the company, including adidas, Wolford, Wilson, Columbia, Tommy Hilfiger, and others.

Diversity Vision Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live and conduct business. We are an equal employment opportunity for minorities, females, protected veterans, and the disabled. 

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating our associates and applicants without discrimination based on their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.