ABOUT THE ROLE Lawson-Fenning designs and builds furniture in Los Angeles. The largest branch of our business is the LF Collection of handmade furniture. We supplement our own designs with vintage 20th-century works and well-edited home goods we think are missing from the marketplace: limited-release ceramics, tabletop, and gifts. We've built handmade furniture to a high standard for two+ decades. That standard is held by skilled people and long-standing production partners. We're growing quickly, and the technical infrastructure needs to grow with us. Drawings, specifications, tolerances, finish standards, and compliance documentation live across our people and our partners. The knowledge is real. This role structures it, documents it, and builds the system that holds everyone to it. This is a build role. You will be writing the first version of most of what you own. Success is measured by defect rates that are known rather than estimated, production that ships on-quality, specifications that exist in writing before they are enforced, supplier corrective actions that close and stay closed, and a compliance position that holds up under scrutiny. WHAT YOU’LL OWN Technical Standards & Engineering • LF's master specifications and technical standards — dimensional, structural, material, hardware, and finish — and the process by which they are written, versioned, and kept current. • CAD and the drawing set: shop drawings, custom drawings, line extensions, design-for-approval review, and the CAD archive. • Accuracy to design intent of supplier shop drawings before production release. • Structural feasibility on new and modified designs; partner with Design and Product Development to resolve buildability early rather than at sampling. • Assembly-instruction accuracy and the technical content that reaches customers and installers.
