Senior Specialist - Footwear Tooling Engineer / Senior Specialist - Footwear Tooling Engineeress

Job Opportunity: Footwear Tooling Engineer

As a Footwear Tooling Engineer, you will have the exciting opportunity to create groundbreaking concepts and products for high-performance athletes while advancing On’s sustainability goals. Working within a collaborative environment, you’ll influence the future of our pinnacle performance products and technologies through innovation and design.

Your Role

You will take ownership of the bottom unit development for our premier footwear products. Collaborating closely with designers and developers at On Labs in Zurich and our Tooling team in Vietnam, you will contribute to creating the highest quality products. From concept creation to prototyping, you will guide our team on bottom unit materials, geometries, and construction while considering critical manufacturing, biomechanical performance, and durability factors. Additionally, you will play a vital role in identifying and implementing process improvements for bottom unit development across the company.

Your Mission

• Lead the bottom unit development for On footwear products.
• Provide solutions to design and construction constraints by leveraging your extensive 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 plastics injection molding to advise on costs, designs, 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 the development, product management, and design teams with any tooling-related questions or issues.
• Evaluate current workflows and propose process improvements to maximize efficiencies and enhance testing.

Your Story

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

About the Team

Our mission is to define and create the future of sportswear by bringing to life groundbreaking innovations. Positioned at the forefront of material science, sport science, and engineering, we develop products that push the boundaries of performance and sustainability, seamlessly blending unique aesthetic appeal that embodies On’s design DNA.

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