WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
As a member of the ACG/Running Team, you will collaborate with key functional partners throughout the Product Development process. This includes Footwear Product Development, Innovation team, Footwear Product Testing, Footwear Material Design and Material Development, Product Design, Product Management, Product Merchandising, Sourcing, Business Ops, Value Engineering and our Asia partners- both within NIKE and external to NIKE. You will need to navigate the NIKE matrix to ensure that our processes model and match NIKE Footwear Engineering divisional and functional standards and methodologies driving product excellence. You will be the key point of contact for our Asia teammates and ensure that communication during the product development and manufacturing process is clear and accurate.
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WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a Senior Footwear Product Engineer. We seek a self-motivated, quick learner, a strong communicator, with great self-awareness and leadership skills. The idea candidate is a team player, has footwear product experience and can utilize tools and system to ensure product excellence from concept through manufacturing.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- A minimum of 4 years directly relevant work experience
- Proficient in reading technical drawings, specs, design sketches and/or 3D digital files and link them together as a system approach to identify potential problems and/or challenges and provide complete problem solving/options and solutions
- Knowledge of lasts, footwear pattern engineering, tooling, material and manufacturing process highly preferred
- Ability to identify & drive valuable engineering solutions from the conceptual stage all the way to manufacturing
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Project management skills, working with various stakeholders with competing priorities
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, sketches and/or 3D digital files
- Digital literacy, including familiarity with Microsoft Office, Miro Board, spreadsheets, database management, and proficiency with 2D/3D CAD/CAM tools, and pattern engineering software, is a plus
- Value differences and be able to work across cultures while navigating NIKE's organizational matrix
- Ability to travel up to 10-20% of the time
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
This role works on product creation, from brief through commercialization on performance products. You will provide early recommendations and technical expertise to cross-functional teams on product construction techniques, materials, manufacturing processes, tooling, sustainability, cost, and engineering solutions (processes, lab testing, MCS, MPS, etc.). You'll focus on product excellence that ultimately drives and supports product performance, quality, craftsmanship, and efficiency.
Other responsibilities may include:
- Reviewing samples and Tech Packs (Physical and Digital-Technical Drawings and 3D files) on each development gate from development through commercialization and manufacturing.
- Troubleshooting issues in development and production, as raised by wear testing, PI, etc.
- Establish, implement and document new standards
- Support costing initiatives throughout development
- Lead cross-category initiatives and leverage dimension, functional, and technical knowledge to influence the product and process of developing and manufacturing footwear.
We are looking to you to provide a multi-solution path approach and creative problem-solving to deliver sustainable product excellence for our consumers.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.