Product Design and Development - Product Test Engineer 3

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Job Description: Lead Apparel Product Testing
Global Apparel Development Standards
Lead Product Testing Analyst

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a Product Testing Lead to join our Global Apparel Product Testing Team. This role ensures that Nike Apparel products fits and performs up to the highest standards and enables interconnected, data-informed decision making across various fields of play, inspiring the future of sport. This role blends expertise of consumer product testing with the expertise of strategic data implementation to drive confident, impactful and predictive insights.

A successful Product Testing Lead will need to have deep product testing experience, strong analytical capabilities, a strategic mindset, proven influencing skills. In addition, we are looking for formal mentoring experience, exceptional communication, demonstrated initiative in identifying areas of opportunity and implementing solutions with teammates and Nike Leadership teams.


WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Product Testing Lead, your focus will be on amplifying the voice of the athlete. From a testing perspective, you will work with NIKE’s product creation partners to test apparel and accessories; ensuring that they perform and meet the expectations of our consumer athletes across the globe. In this role, you will be responsible for leading, or providing guidance to, multiple stages of the testing process; including test planning, recruiting testers, executing tests, analyzing data, capturing athlete insights, writing reports, and delivering presentations across multiple apparel dimensions and company stakeholders. You will work collaboratively with colleagues involved in product creation and development to validate the performance benefits of product, as it moves from the innovation stages to the marketplace. The testing feedback you support in gathering and disseminating will help inform key internal stakeholders regarding performance and durability attributes to ensure Nike’s apparel remains best-in-class. Additionally, you will work closely with leading your fellow testing teammates and working with your Nike Manager on internal projects, while also maintaining, developing, and teaching our testing techniques and best practices that shape the testing of tomorrow.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will be reporting to the Senior Manager of Apparel Product Testing within the Global Apparel Standards team. You will partner with our Apparel Risk Engineering and Development teams to wear test against various apparel and accessories items and continue to establish new standards, processes and training content. You’ll provide technical input and support to the Technical Design, Development, Materials, Nike Apparel Lab and Product Management communities. Additionally, you will support external relationships with vendors and partners.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a science or apparel related field
Minimum 5 years of directly relevant work experience
One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law 3 yrs; Masters 4 yrs; Associates Degree 6 yrs; High School 7 yrs
Subject matter expertise in consumer product testing methodologies (clothing, equipment, accessories, food, beverage, etc)
Competent in qualitative and quantitative test design, data collection, and analysis
Knowledge of psychometrics, sensory-perception, behavioral sciences or motor learning and control is a plus
Experience with data management, structuring and integration across enterprise systems.
Understanding of predictive modeling, AI, or machine learning applications for product testing insights
Familiarity in Microsoft Office, Airtable, Qualtrics, Tableau, Python, and PLM integration is optional, but valuable
Passion for, and knowledge of, team and individual sports is a plus
Comments for Suppliers: Must work at PHK - Beaverton location - Typical Nike schedule. Some Fridays on site may be needed

This is coverage for a leave. Manager hoping to fill quickly to have overlap with person going on leave

Previous Nike experience a plus but manager knows that may not be an option. A pervious ETW they hired had background in food science and testing and manager felt that worked well. Testing ideologies aligned well.

Product testing in Sportswear Apparel testing, Accessories and Equipment. They will be jumping into a Socks study right away.

Because this team does a lot of product testing across all teams/departments, this candidate must have high regard for athlete confidentiality and body sensitivities.

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