Global Football FW Senior Product Engineer

Beaverton, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 29 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

As a member of Global Football Footwear Team you will collaborate with key functional partners both onshore and offshore. This includes teams in Footwear Product Development Footwear Product Testing Footwear Material Design and Development Product Design Product Management Product Merchandising Sourcing Business Operations Value Engineering and our partners in Asia and Italyboth within NIKE and externally. You will need to navigate the NIKE matrix to ensure that our processes align with NIKE Footwear Engineering divisional and functional standards effectively driving product excellence. You will serve as the primary point of contact for our offshore teammates ensuring clear and accurate communication during the product development commercialization and manufacturing processes.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a GFB FW Senior Product Engineer to join us dedicated to creating the best performance footwear for our footballer. You will utilize innovative approaches to develop new concepts design products and processes read and interpret technical drawings with confidence and analyse process data to create refined product specifications. You will be involved in innovation projects reviewing samples during product creation and commercialization to provide feedback that ensures cost-effective high-quality deliverables meeting consumer expectations. Your role will also include engineering best practices work to enhance quality craftsmanship performance and efficiency. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter a quick learner a strong communicator a great teammate and possess solid technical and leadership skills.

Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education experience or training
A minimum of 4 years directly relevant work experience in Footwear Product Testing Development Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience and training.
Ability to communicate proficiently with multiple internal and external partners with in-depth high-level communication with positive energy
An inclination to think out of the box explore learn and find ways to innovate and improve the athlete experience applying consumers insights leveraging NSRL science FEA Mechanical and athlete testing and data analytics
Ability to identify & drive valuable engineering solutions from the conceptual stage all the way to manufacturing
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
Demonstrating understanding virtual and rapid prototyping methods such as CAD viewing and 3D printing.

Preferred Experience

Hands-on experience with injection plates mold tooling and footwear component optimization.
Collaboration with Nike Flyknit or other upper engineering technologies.
Familiarity with global manufacturing partners and experience in performance footwear categories
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.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

This role focuses on product creation from initial brief to commercialization with an unwavering commitment to product excellence in terms of Craft Fit Comfort Performance Quality Sustainability Cost/Value and Innovation. You will provide early recommendations and technical expertise to cross-functional teams on tooling compounds plates thermoplastic injection product construction techniques materials manufacturing processes sustainability cost and chemical engineering solutions. Your contributions will drive the continued growth of the team and the business helping to forestall potential manufacturing sustainability or cost issues. Junior team members will depend on you to share your expertise and aid their understanding of footwear

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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

WHO YOULL WORK WITHAs a member of Global Football Footwear Team you will collaborate with key functional partners both onshore and offshore. This includes teams in Footwear Product Development Footwear Product Testing Footwear Material Design and Development Product Design Product Management Product...