Loop earplugs

Senior Industrial Designer Softgoods

Antwerp, BE; Amsterdam, NL Full Time

We are Loop 

Loop Earplugs is reinventing how people experience the world by enabling them to live life at their own volume. 2024 was a pivotal year at Loop – we hit 14,000,000 earplugs sold, were named ‘The Best Earplugs for Concerts’ by The New York Times, and expanded our product offering to a complete range of solutions for day and night. Oh – and not to mention making history as the first company to win Deloitte’s Fast 50 Belgium twice. 

But this is just the beginning. As we continue to develop disruptive products, we’re constantly on the lookout for the next big idea - and building a team who can make it happen.

Being a Looper means making a difference. Whatever your role, this is your stage to make a real impact and bring your ideas to life. Better yet, you’ll join a fast-growing, global team of 250+ people who are passionate, down-to-earth and eager to tackle challenges together. 

7+ yrs soft goods design experience, incl. CAD & prototyping | Hybrid | Antwerp or Amsterdam

Own the soft goods design that makes performance feel premium

At Loop, soft goods are not just accessories, they’re part of the product experience. As a Senior Industrial Designer focused on soft goods, you’ll lead entire product tracks where fabric, form, and function come together. You’ll own every phase of design, from first sketch to tooling-ready CAD. This role gives you freedom to push ideas forward and the support to get them built right. If you’re ready to take full creative and technical ownership of soft goods that are both wearable and durable, this is the role that puts you in charge.

As Senior Industrial Soft Goods Designer, you’ll drive product design from sketch to final assembly

You’ll lead the industrial design process for soft goods programs, balancing creative vision with product performance and manufacturability. You’ll bring early ideas to life through detailed CAD, pattern development, and high-fidelity prototyping. Working closely with Product Development and Engineering, you’ll navigate design trade-offs and solve integration challenges in real time. You’ll also contribute to critiques, mentor junior designers, and help define best practices as Loop continues to scale. Your work will reflect both the Loop design language and your own high bar for execution.

Your other responsibilities:

  • Deliver design solutions that meet user needs, product briefs, and brand standards
  • Guide programs through key design gates, from concept to DVT
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve technical constraints creatively
  • Produce renderings, CAD, and prototypes that support design decision-making
  • Support the evolution of design review methods and workflows across the team

How you’ll succeed as a Senior Industrial Soft Goods Designer  

You work independently without losing alignment. You think through constraints, not around them. You’re fast with tools and clear in critique, and you care deeply about how design choices translate into customer value. You know how to balance your craft with business needs, and you know how to guide a conversation with visuals that speak for themselves. Your leadership comes from clarity, not control.

These key competences will set you up for success:

  • 7+ years of industrial design experience, including hands-on soft goods design
  • Strong skills in Rhino or Creo, plus rendering tools and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Understanding of soft goods manufacturing, hybrid assemblies, and DFM
  • Experience collaborating closely with Product and Engineering teams
  • Portfolio showing concept-to-production design execution across physical products

Why join us? 

  • Our culture? We’re all about enabling growth by giving our team full autonomy to manage their own projects, be a thought leader, and truly make an impact on the company. 

  • We take care of our people. So, we pay them what they’re worth. We benchmark each salary extensively against local market data.

  • Flexibility: For us, hybrid and flexible working is all about trust. And we trust you to get on with your job, so there’ll be no micromanaging or peeking over your shoulder from us.

  • Benefits: Our benefits are all aimed towards looking after your health, and enabling you to live life to the fullest. So everything from health insurance and retirement savings to the latest tools is covered.

 
Come as you are, our equal opportunities employer statement 

Loop is an equal opportunities employer. We invest in diversity, ensure equality and encourage expression. We have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, bias or discrimination towards applicants and employees. 

Live life at your volume. 🎶  We'll take care of your ears.