Senior Specialist - Tooling Engineer

Overview

This position serves as a critical liaison within the footwear development process, focusing on the bottom unit. The successful candidate will engage collaboratively with designers, developers, and an outsourcing hub in Asia, ensuring a seamless transition from concept development to prototyping and production. Additionally, you will partner closely with our Innovation and Sport engineering teams to validate and launch high-performance products and technologies.

Your Mission

• Provide technical design constraints, material choices, and construction input based on your extensive knowledge of materials, mold construction, and manufacturing methods.
• Lead bottom unit initiatives across multiple verticals and projects, including both Inline and Innovation.
• Analyze and enhance product designs for manufacturability and durability, delivering solutions that meet quality and performance targets, using your 2D-3D modeling expertise.
• Offer recommendations based on a solid understanding of cost implications from various molding methods and tooling designs.
• Assist development, product management, and design teams with tooling-related inquiries while collaborating with Asian partners and moldshop teams.

Your Background

• Possess a higher education degree in Engineering or Design fields.
• Bring 5+ years of experience in an engineering role, closely collaborating with development and production, preferably within the footwear industry.
• Have experience working with 2D and 3D CAD files, ideally in Rhinoceros; experience in Simulation (FEA) is a valuable bonus.
• Exhibit excellent time management skills with the ability to handle multiple deadlines effectively.
• Demonstrate technical knowledge in materials, manufacturing processes, and plastic molding specific to the footwear industry.
• Show proven expertise in project management, costing, quality control, and the ability to provide solutions within complex constraints.
• Fluency in English is required.

The Team

Join our expanding team of five Tooling experts, a specialized group at the heart of our global Footwear Engineering initiative. Here, you will thrive in a culture of relentless discovery, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of our products.