What are the responsibilities and job description for the Footwear Developer position at Mindlance?
Job Title: Senior Footwear Product Developer
Location: Beaverton, OR (4 days onsite per week)
Duration: 6 months
Type: Full-Time, Contract
Description:
- A global athletic brand is looking for a Senior Footwear Product Developer to be an integral part of the Footwear Product Team, creating amazing footwear for athletes.
- In this role, you will drive product and process excellence within a team environment for assigned projects. Working on complex footwear projects, you will convert a project brief and a 2D design rendering into a 3D sample that meets consumer and business needs.
- You will engage in all phases of the product process to ensure projects are managed according to critical dates and completed on time, while meeting design intent, performance goals, costing/profitability, and sustainability targets.
- You will ensure that projects are ready for the commercialization process and can ultimately be manufactured. You will collaborate with key functional partners including Footwear Engineering, Product Testing, Material Design, Product Design, Product Management, Merchandising, Sourcing, Operations, and overseas partners.
Top 5-7 Skills:
- Footwear pattern engineering, tooling, and manufacturing processes
- Converting 2D design renderings into 3D samples
- Project management and meeting critical dates
- Footwear costing and cost-effective solutions
- Footwear materials knowledge (properties, test methods, application)
- Collaboration with cross-functional and overseas partners
- New upper creation and new tooling creation
Requirements for the role:
- Minimum of 2 years directly relevant footwear work experience
- Demonstrated understanding of footwear pattern engineering, tooling, and manufacturing processes
- Effective collaborator adept at working productively within a team
- Experience building trust to collaborate with internal and external partners
- Experience facilitating meetings, driving consensus, and influencing others
- Ability to prioritize multiple work streams and competing priorities
- Proven verbal and written communication skills with ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated self-starter willing to learn and grow
- Ability to tinker, create prototypes, explore, and find ways to improve products through physically altering their state
- Ability to read technical drawings, sketches, and/or 3D digital files
- Basic knowledge of materials, test methods, properties, and application
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Product Development, Engineering, or a related field
- Will accept suitable combination of education, experience, or training with footwear experience
- Minimum of 2 years directly relevant footwear work experience
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.
Salary : $37 - $42