Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
At Air Manufacturing Innovation (Air MI), we deliver on Nike’s most daring dream: giving every athlete the unparalleled sensation of walking on air. Since Nike introduced the Air sole in 1979, no technology has become more synonymous with Nike than Air. Our teams engineer, make, and perfect Nike’s most advanced footwear components. Masters of teamwork, we challenge assumptions in order to get faster, drive efficiency and fine-tune technology to deliver quality performance plastic. At our state-of-the-art facilities located globally, Air MI is taking Air to places that we never thought possible.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As the Lead Product Development Engineer, you will be the technical leader for a team of Design Engineers and report to the Director, Product Development Engineering, Design. You will work multi-functionally with Project Management, Materials, Product Engineering, Equipment Controls and Safety, Operations, Maintenance, and Quality Teams. In addition, you will influence Air MI leaders to drive projects and inform future strategies.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
As a Lead Design Engineer, you will join a team of engineers responsible for commercializing and manufacturing Nike Air products. This role works cross functionally on a wide variety of projects from developing new products, processes, and materials to improving manufacturing efficiencies on our existing product portfolio.
You will perform various engineering functions requiring knowledge in project management, product development (process, tool design, materials) and machine safety. A requirement for this position is a demonstrated ability to lead others in your area of expertise.
What You Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or other manufacturing related degree or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
- Minimum 6 years of related manufacturing experience within a high-volume manufacturing production environment
- Proficiency using CAD for complex product and tooling design. NX experience is preferable.
- Experience using PDM software and in depth understanding of revision control. Teamcenter experience is preferable.
- Experience with programming languages for scripting and developing applications for NX Open API
- Validated project management skills
- Great teamwork and communication skills with ability to work with associates of all levels
- Proven ability to lead and mentor others within area of expertise
- Experience with Six Sigma Tools and Lean Manufacturing methods is preferred
- Experience with industrial equipment safety is preferred
- A demonstrated understanding of fabrication and tolerancing for both machined and additive tooling.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
This Lead Design Engineer role will perform the following responsibilities:
- Lead Part and tooling design for new product development
- Lead tooling related changes for continuous improvement to increase operational efficiencies
- Drive computational design best practices
- Creating and improving design and tooling operational excellence.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure tasks and projects are aligned and communicated.
- Support the development of new air products
- Support daily manufacturing operations
- Solve problems using limited information and to implement solutions while foreseeing future implications.
- Contribute to documenting and maintaining standard work instructions for the design team.
- Provide direction and mentorship to your functional teammates while also communicating clearly to a broader audience.
- Use a collaborative approach that resolves tough organizational issues and disagreements.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
