Job Opportunity: Footwear Tooling Engineer
As a Footwear Tooling Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create groundbreaking concepts and products for high-performance athletes while advancing On’s sustainability goals. In a collaborative environment, you'll shape the future direction of our pinnacle performance products 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 using your demonstrated 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.
- Advise on cost, design, and molding capabilities of injected components in the bottom unit, leveraging your understanding of plastics injection molding.
- 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 create process improvements to maximize efficiencies and advance 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 working with development and production, ideally in footwear tooling development.
- Technical knowledge of various materials, mold construction, and manufacturing processes relevant to footwear, with in-depth knowledge of plastics injection molding principles.
- Experience working with 2D and 3D CADs (Rhino a bonus) and proficiency in reviewing and evaluating these for manufacturability and durability.
- Experience in 3D modeling and rapid prototyping tools.
- Demonstrated experience in project management, costing, and providing solutions within complex constraints.
- Familiarity with biomechanical performance principles as they relate to footwear bottom unit design.
- Experience collaborating across functions with designers, developers, product management, and testing teams.
- Proven experience working with international manufacturing partners on tooling revisions and manufacturing concerns.
- Strong communication skills to offer clear guidance and technical support to various stakeholders.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to manage 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 to life groundbreaking innovations. At the forefront of material science, sport science, and engineering, we develop products that push the boundaries of performance and sustainability, blending a unique aesthetic appeal that embodies On’s design DNA.
What We Offer
On is a place centered around growth and progress. We provide an environment designed to equip individuals with the tools necessary for holistic development—to stay active, learn, explore, and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, ensuring that each individual is led by purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to fostering a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.
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