Job Description
As a Footwear Tooling Engineer, you will create groundbreaking concepts and products for high-performance athletes while advancing On’s sustainability goals. Working in a collaborative environment, you’ll shape the future direction of our pinnacle performance products and technologies through Innovation and Design.
You will take ownership of the bottom unit development for our pinnacle performance products and technologies. Collaborating closely with designers and developers at On Labs in Zurich and our Tooling team in Vietnam, you will ensure the creation of the highest quality products. From concept creation to prototyping, you will guide the team on bottom unit materials, geometries, and construction, considering critical manufacturing, biomechanical performance, and durability factors. Additionally, you will play a key role in identifying and implementing process improvements for all bottom unit development across the company.
Your Mission
- Lead the bottom unit development for On’s performance products.
- Provide solutions to design and construction constraints leveraging your expertise in materials, mold construction, and manufacturing.
- Evaluate and enhance product designs for manufacturability and durability by reviewing 2D/3D CADs, prototypes, and gathering feedback from the testing teams.
- Ensure alignment with product specifications and manufacturing capabilities.
- Utilize your understanding of plastics injection molding to offer insights on cost, design, and molding capabilities of injected components in the bottom unit.
- Collaborate with our Asian counterparts and support mold shop teams with tooling revisions and manufacturing concerns.
- Assist the 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, ideally in footwear tooling development.
- Technical knowledge of various materials, mold construction, and manufacturing processes relevant to footwear, with in-depth expertise in plastics injection molding principles.
- Experience working with 2D and 3D CADs (Rhino preferred) and proficiency in evaluating designs for manufacturability and durability.
- Experience in 3D modeling and rapid prototyping tools.
- Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to provide solutions within complex constraints.
- Experience with biomechanical performance principles related to footwear bottom unit design.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with designers, developers, product managers, and testing teams.
- Experience collaborating with international manufacturing partners on tooling revisions and manufacturing challenges.
- Strong communication skills to provide clear guidance and technical support to various stakeholders.
- Excellent time management abilities with the capacity to handle multiple deadlines.
- Willingness to travel to Asia at least twice a year.
Meet the Team
Our mission is to define and create the future of sportswear by bringing groundbreaking innovations to life. Operating at the forefront of material science, sport science, and engineering, we develop products that push the boundaries of performance and sustainability, integrating a unique aesthetic appeal that embodies On’s design DNA.
What We Offer
On is dedicated to fostering growth and progress. We provide an environment designed to equip individuals with the tools for holistic development—encouraging activity, learning, exploration, and innovation. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere with resources for personal self-care, promoting both physical and mental well-being.
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On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a fair and inclusive work environment where all recruitment, advancement, and retention decisions are free of discrimination.