Lead Tooling Engineer / Lead Tooling Engineeress

Job Title: Footwear Tooling Engineer

As a Footwear Tooling Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create groundbreaking concepts and products for high-performance athletes while contributing to On’s sustainability goals. In a collaborative environment, you will shape the future direction of our pinnacle performance product and technologies through innovation and design.

Your Mission

• Lead the bottom unit development for On’s performance products.
• Provide solutions to design and construction constraints by leveraging your knowledge of materials, mold construction, and manufacturing.
• Evaluate and improve product designs for manufacturability and durability by reviewing 2D/3D CADs, prototypes, and feedback from testing teams.
• Ensure alignment with product specifications and manufacturing capabilities.
• Utilize your understanding of plastic injection molding to advise on cost, design, and molding capabilities of injected components in the bottom unit.
• Collaborate with our Asian counterparts and support mold shop teams on tooling revisions and manufacturing concerns.
• Assist development, product management, and design teams with any tooling-related questions or issues.
• Evaluate current workflows and implement process improvements to maximize efficiencies and enhance testing.

Your Story

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a footwear engineering role, closely collaborating with development and production, preferably in footwear tooling development.
• Technical proficiency in various materials, mold construction, and manufacturing processes relevant to footwear; in-depth knowledge of plastic injection molding principles, including insights on cost, design, and molding capabilities of injected components.
• Experience with 2D and 3D CAD software (knowledge of Rhino is a bonus); proficient in reviewing and evaluating 2D/3D CADs for manufacturability, durability, and alignment with product specifications.
• Proven experience in 3D modeling and utilizing rapid prototyping tools.
• Demonstrated project management skills, with the ability to provide solutions within complex constraints.
• Experience with biomechanical performance principles as they relate to footwear bottom unit design.
• Experience working cross-functionally with designers, developers, product management, and testing teams.
• Experience collaborating with international manufacturing partners on tooling revisions and manufacturing concerns.
• Strong communication skills to provide clear guidance and technical support to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Willingness to travel to Asia at least twice a year.

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