Soft Component Developer (m/f/d)

Publiée le 13.10.2025

Rimowa

Research & Innovation

Référence : RIM01636

  • Localisation :

    Cologne, Germany

  • Type de contrat :

    Permanent Job

  • Expérience requise :

    Minimum 5 years

  • Mode de travail :

    Full Time

Le poste

Welcome to RIMOWA, the first German Maison of the LVMH Group. We are a global lifestyle brand with a mission to create the essential tools for a lifetime of travel. For more than 125 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to develop unique products where function coexists with luxury, heritage with innovation, and craftsmanship with design.

At RIMOWA we believe that great ambitions demand resilient companions. It’s why our tools are created with longevity in mind. Because the most meaningful journeys last more than a trip, they last a lifetime. Please join us to discover your own.

We are looking for a Soft Component Developer (m/f/d) for our Research & Development team at our Head Office in Cologne as soon as possible. This is a permanent position. In this position you manage projects of new soft component product development and mainly collaborate with our Project Managers, Technical and Design Operation Managers, Technical Designers.

Les missions

Soft materials components development

  • Development of Technical solutions for Soft components
  • Define and mockup soft material solutions together with our suppliers
  • Manage all development steps, internal and external, until final component homologation
  • Create the component design file (e.g. homologation, calculations etc.)

Project management

  • Provide to the project team the most efficient deliverables to help decision-making: digital and physical
  • Prototyping, style and technical mock ups, technical analysis and simulations, as well as unit cost, budget estimations and risk analysis
  • Manage soft materials and components development projects
  • Monitor and report on soft components project KPIs

Soft components prototyping

  • Provide the soft products prototyping deliverables in compliance with Development projects requirements
  • Analyse prototype requests to define and validate with requester the physical and digital deliverables to provide
  • Define the technical concepts, materials, and constructions to be used, as well as
    resources needed plan and prioritize to fulfil all projects requests

Votre profil

  • 5 years of professional experience in Soft Component Development or a related field
  • Expertise in major textile (leather will be a plus) transformation and decoration processes
  • Expertise in cutting and stitching all the materials and appreciated in soft materials and transformation processes
  • Solid project management skills
  • True team player with an optimistic attitude
  • Pro-active, organized and detail-oriented
  • Structured way of working & multi-tasking
  • Fluent in English, German is a plus

Informations complémentaires

OUR BENEFITS:

  • 30 days paid vacation per year
  • Flexible working hours
  • RIMOWA Essential Cabin suitcase as a gift after the probationary period
  • Corporate benefits and 30% discount on the RIMOWA assortment
  • Company pension scheme with a high employer contribution or other capital-forming benefits
  • Great canteen with freshly cooked and affordable meals
  • Urban Sports Club membership, public transportation ticket & job bike (partly subsidized)
  • International environment and development opportunities within LVMH

 

BECOME PART OF RIMOWA:

Please send us your complete application documents including your salary requirements and details of your possible starting date.

We look forward to receiving your application! Look for us on Instagram @RIMOWA or visit us on our RIMOWA Career page: https://career.rimowa.com/

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to RIMOWA’s DNA. We know that for our business to thrive, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.

LA MAISON RIMOWA

Fondée à Cologne en 1898, la Maison RIMOWA est un malletier et maroquinier incontournable. Depuis sa création, l’innovation a toujours été au cœur de la stratégie de l’entreprise, de sa première valise en aluminium à son système MultiWheel®️ en passant par son design aux rainures iconiques. Mêlant durabilité, qualité, et design, les valises et sacs RIMOWA sont devenus de véritables compagnons de voyage pour tout type de déplacement. RIMOWA dispose d’un héritage unique et partage avec les Maisons du Groupe une même passion pour l’excellence, créant des produits exceptionnels pour une vie entière de souvenirs.

Rêvons ensemble !

Avec plus de 75 Maisons, 6 secteurs d’activités, une présence dans 80 pays et plus de 500 métiers répartis sur toute la chaîne de valeur – de l’approvisionnement des matières premières à la distribution de nos produits en passant par leur fabrication – LVMH offre un environnement unique à la mesure de vos ambitions. Un terrain de jeu où vous ferez équipe avec nos 213 000 collaborateurs représentant 190 nationalités et 4 générations.Avec ses boutiques, ateliers de fabrication, centres de R&D, plateformes logistiques ou encore sièges sociaux, LVMH est un acteur mondial qui rassemble 213 000 collaborateurs représentant 190 nationalités et présents dans 80 pays. Chez LVMH, toutes les conditions sont réunies pour vous offrir un environnement unique à la mesure de vos ambitions !