NexTexAI

Engineer

• Work directly with knitting, dyeing, finishing, and quality control operations in industrial textile manufacturing environments
• Identify, classify, and document textile defects including needle-related defects, needle breaks, elastane and Lycra failures, vertical needle lines, oil stains, stitch irregularities, holes, line defects, and machine-process anomalies
• Analyze root causes of production issues and support corrective and preventive actions
• Support creation and validation of textile defect datasets for AI model training
• Collaborate with AI engineers to translate textile production challenges into machine learning and computer vision applications
• Define textile-specific defect taxonomies, quality standards, and production workflows
• Support development of machine-level quality and sustainability KPIs
• Analyze dyeing and finishing processes, including shade deviations (ΔE), color consistency issues, re-dye risks, and process instabilities
• Participate in pilot deployments and industrial validation projects at partner factories
• Work with textile manufacturers, machine manufacturers, operators, production managers, and the NexTex AI team
• Help shape NexTex AI’s textile knowledge foundation and product strategy

Founding Textile Engineer – Equity, EXIST Funding