Hardware Tooling Engineer
OpenAI
Senior Technical Engineer Footwear - Tooling Performance Basketball
adidas
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $111,000 - $153,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Act as an experienced technical consultant to cross functional product creation teams by analyzing designs for performance, manufacturability, production efficiencies, potential quality and costing issues and offer alternative, economic and efficient solutions.
- Own the tooling creation process by initiating and driving the conversation of design information into a confirmed set of technical data and leading creation of tooling prototyping.
- Organize and supervise the creation of technical information in collaboration with Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 resources and adidas employees at the operational center.
- Offer enhanced technical solutions to the product team taking into consideration functional requirements of products, adidas quality standards, target costs and manufacturing constraints.
- Guide the innovative manufacturing process to ensure feasibility and proof of concept.
- Lead project review meetings with key stakeholders to ensure that each shoe is engineered and constructed to meet adidas quality standards, functional requirements and potential cost opportunities are identified and executed.
- Put the consumer in the center of everything you do and inspire our product creation teams through technical solutions enhancing product sustainability, concept credibility and consumer experience.
- Consult (digital) and support creator team on design concepts into technical solutions and manufacturable products.
- Support and guide junior team members within own team.
- Mentor new employees in technical product development by teaching them about adidas specific technical standards, processes and systems related to the tech package creation.
- Increase the speed and efficiency of processes within the team by identifying and eliminating nonvalue adding steps.
- Oversee the E2E process and identify improvements considering technical aspects BU related.
- Constantly challenge the status-quo of existing tools and processes and provide solutions meeting the requirements of cross-functional internal parties.
- Continuously refresh your knowledge regarding latest technology trends in the field of footwear, engineering systems, prototyping possibilities, and footwear manufacturing.
- Optional: Embrace state of the art digital tools and drive efficient decision making through the magics of virtual reality.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge in mold making and/or shoe making
- Progressive work experience
- 2D and 3D CAD application, Rhino preferred
- Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and/or Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft 365
- English language proficiency required (reading and writing)
- Knowledge of current trends in footwear technology; design is an advantage
- Knowledge of technical analytics, digital 2D engineering and 3D modeling; anatomical knowledge is an advantage
- Enhanced knowledge in materials, compounds technologies and manufacturing process
- Well-organized team player who feels comfortable communicating in an international and diverse environment and work in a fast-changing footwear world
- Continuous learning/growth mindset
- Degree in Engineering, Sport Science, Mold making or comparable education
- At least 4 years of work experience with focus on mold making, shoe making, manufacturing, product development or design with technical background
