WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The Bowerman Footwear Lab (BFL) is a one-stop shop for creation, collaboration, and education for the greater Nike Footwear community. They have the machines and capabilities to produce one-of-a-kind footwear prototypes in Beaverton, facilities dedicated to hosting collaborative working sessions, and staff devoted to generating best in industry training courses around footwear product creation. The BFL partners with various groups across Nike such as footwear design, product creation, and innovation.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a candidate with the ability to blend an artistic eye for design with a technical engineering mindset. The job requires strong visualization skills to translate between 2D and 3D, as well as the ability to solve problems in creative and innovative ways. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to use CAD software and an aptitude for hands-on making. The candidate must thrive when working in a team setting with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds, and/or styles. Candidates should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and demonstrate a positive attitude and a bias towards taking action and driving results.

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience
• Degree in industrial design, apparel design, engineering, or other technical degree or an additional 3 years relevant work experience in a related field in lieu of degree
• Candidates should demonstrate a strong desire to learn and develop new skills around footwear creation. Prior footwear experience preferred but not required.  
• Proficiency using CAD software. Any experience using footwear or apparel pattern software is a plus but not required.
• Physical ability to operate cutting, stitching, and other footwear manufacturing machinery. Any prior experience using these machines is a plus but not required.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

As a Concept Engineer I in the Bowerman Footwear Lab (BFL), you will help to bring early footwear concepts to life by turning sketches and renderings into real prototypes. This work helps to accelerate decision making and set our overseas factory partners up for success. To accomplish this, you will:

• Take part in a rigorous onboarding program designed to teach you the skills you will need to become a footwear pattern engineer.
• Communicate with Nike footwear designers, developers, and engineers across multiple categories to understand their vision for the shoe.
• Utilize PROCAM Dimensions CAD software to translate design sketches into footwear patterns.
• Create footwear prototypes using a combination of machinery and hands-on making
• Collaborate with teammates across a wide range of functions within the BFL and Nike footwear.
• Educate the greater Nike footwear community through your assistance in Shoe School classes.

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.