Footwear Developer

Job Title: Footwear Developer
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 05 Months+
 
Pay Range: $40.00 - $43.00/hr on W2.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

• This i s a one-stop shop for creation, collaboration, and education for the greater Client Footwear community.
• They have the machines and capabilities to produce one-of-a-kind footwear prototypes in Beaverton, facilities dedicated to hosting collaborative working sessions, and staff devoted to generating best in industry training courses around footwear product creation.
• The BFL works with various groups across Client such as footwear design, product creation, and innovation.

 
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• We are looking for a candidate with the ability to blend an artistic eye for design with a technical engineering mindset.
• The job requires strong visualization skills to translate between 2D and 3D, as well as the ability to solve problems in creative and innovative ways.
• The candidate must thrive when working in a team setting with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds, and/or styles.
• Candidates should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and demonstrate a positive attitude and a bias towards taking action and driving results.

 
Additional Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years experience working in a manufacturing or technical capacity; at least 3 years direct footwear pattern engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, apparel design, engineering, or other technical degree or an additional 3 year relevant work experience in a related field in lieu of degree, 8 years total.
• Demonstrated ability to engineer complex footwear patterns from a 2D design sketch or 3D rendering.
• Proficiency using footwear pattern CAD software, PROCAM Dimensions preferred.
• Proficiency operating cutting, stitching, and other footwear manufacturing machines. Ability to create a lasted upper from start to finish and troubleshoot common technical issues.

 
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:
As a Senior Concept Engineer in the lab, you will help to bring early footwear concepts to life by turning sketches and renderings into real prototypes. This work helps to accelerate decision making and set our overseas factory partners up for success. To accomplish this, you will:

• Communicate with Client footwear designers, developers, and engineers across multiple categories to understand their vision for the shoe.
• Influence the design and technical direction of the project based on your expertise.
• Utilize PROCAM Dimensions CAD software to translate design sketches into footwear patterns.
• Create footwear prototypes using a combination of machinery and hands-on making.
• Collaborate with teammates across a wide range of functions within the BFL and Client footwear.
• Lead cross functional team projects to improve our team’s processes and standards.
• Educate the greater Client footwear community through your assistance in Shoe School classes.