Concept Designer – Soft Goods/Textile

Bring your life

At Thule we continue to expand our product portfolio to meet the evolving needs of active families and outdoor enthusiasts around the world. To support this growth and fuel future innovation were strengthening our Concept Development team in Hillerstorp.

If youre an experienced designer who enjoys working handson exploring new ideas and shaping products from the ground up this could be the right role for you. Youll join a creative forwardthinking team that plays a key role in how we define and develop future products.

What youll do at Thule

In the role as Concept Designer youll focus on our Soft Goods category creating earlystage concepts that blend textile and hardgoods design to deliver smart relevant solutions for an active lifestyle. Your work will span through the full concept development cycle: identifying user needs and market insights generating and visualizing ideas building mockups testing and refining prototypes and ultimately presenting complete concept proposals.

Youll be deeply involved in handson product development exploration often working closely with project and product management to align ideas with business opportunities and consumer trends. Youll also contribute to our technology roadmap by researching new materials and production methods that support our ambitions for innovation and sustainability.

This role gives you the opportunity to combine creative problemsolving with technical skill all within a highly collaborative team environment.

What you bring

To be successful in this role we believe that you have an academic background in product development or design along with extensive experience in concept development. Ideally in consumer products for highvolume production. Youre passionate about developing thoughtful functional designs and are comfortable working in both digital and physical formats.

Your experience includes working with textiles and soft goods as well as hard goods and you enjoy translating ideas into mockups that communicate your vision clearly. You have a strong interest in userdriven innovation and are confident collaborating across teams and disciplines.

Above all youre curious handson and motivated by the challenge of shaping ideas into great product concepts.

Why you should join Thule

At Thule we believe in strong teamwork both within your own team but also cross functional between teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.

Hiring Process

Apply by submitting your application through apply for position at our Thule Career Site. Last day for applying is June 1 2025.

Please make sure to not wait to show your interest until the last application date as interviews are held continuously during the process and the position might be filled before the last application date. Please also note that we do not accept applications by email.

For questions please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner responsible Oscar Persson at

We look forward to hearing from you!

About Thule Group

Thule Group is a global sports and outdoor company. We offer highquality products with smart features and a sustainable design that make it easy for people across the globe to live an active life. Under the motto Active Life Simplified and with a focus on consumerdriven innovation and longterm sustainability we develop manufacture and market products within the product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling water and winter sports equipment and rooftop tents mounted on a car) Juvenile & Pet Products (car seats strollers bike trailerschild bike seats and dog transport) RV Products (awnings bike carriers and tents for RVs and caravans) and Packs Bags & Luggage (hiking backpacks luggage laptop and camera bags).

Thule Group has about 2600 employees at nine production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Groups products are sold in 138 markets and in 2023 sales amounted to SEK 9.1 billion.

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