Senior Product Risk Engineer - Apparel Accessories

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

The Apparel & Accessories Product Risk Engineering (PRE) team is part of the Global Development & Materials Global Product Standards organization. The quality and performance of Nike products are pivotal to Nikes competitive advantage and the PRE team ensures athlete* satisfaction through a focus on Standards Risk Assessment Testing and Manufacturing Preparation.

PRE works directly with Design Development and other product creation stakeholders to prevent design and manufacturing risks prior to buy ready. While assessing and mitigating risk PRE also helps to define and update product standards that inform the performance of Nikes apparel and accessories. PRE is also seen as a subject matter expert as product moves from concept to bulk production providing insights and requirements to ensure quality at scale.

PRE is part of the Global Development & Materials Apparel & Accessories function at Nike and is uniquely positioned to collaborate and influence Stakeholders across the supply chain including Design Development Merchandising Partner Management and Manufacturing Partners.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Were looking for a Senior Product Risk Engineer to work on the Apparel & Accessories PRE team. This role uses fundamental engineering skills and knowledge of engineering tools to enable datadriven decision making and draws on an understanding of manufacturing and product creation environments including staying abreast of innovation and advancements related to manufacturing.

A successful candidate is metricsoriented with strong analytical skills and the ability to leverage models and synthesize data to assess and manage risk. The candidate needs to have the ability to influence stakeholders through clear and straightforward communication and has experience in successfully initiating planning implementing and closing a project/process within scope budget and time constraints.

We are looking for someone who is optimistic selfaware embraces change holds their decisions and actions accountable will actively seek feedback to grow and develop values and respects the opinions of their teammates and embraces the diversity of people ideas and cultures.

Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education experience or training

• A minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience
• Experience with statistics design of experiment (DOE) and quality management systems required
• Material Apparel and / or Equipment creation or manufacturing knowledge preferred
• Product Safety experience a plus
• Strong problem solving organization and communication skills
• Strong project management experience preferred
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Ability to effectively conduct presentations to small and large audiences
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities at once
• Selfmotivated
• Strategic thinker
• Proficiency with MS Office programs experience with Smartsheets a plus
• Ability to travel up to 10 of the time (domestic and international)

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

As a Senior Product Risk Engineer you will support Nike Global Development & Materials Apparel & Accessories to ensure that product meets or exceeds customer consumer and government regulations through the application of preventionbased quality engineering processes and tools. You will provide technical support for product engine groups by implementing PRE procedures and tools. You will provide formal quantitative feedback to both internal Nike and external organizations in order to influence business decisions.

Quality is a team sport and requires a collective focus. These 4 common accountabilities provide the framework for daytoday activities:

• Standards: Develop & deploy product performance specifications based on Nike expectations
• Nike Risk Assessment: Determine failure potential and act preemptively to reduce and resolve quality issues
• Testing: Validate product requirements to qualify enduse application

Manufacturing Preparation: Leverage preventative tools to eliminate manufacturing quality challenges before they happen

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson 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.