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.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As a member of the Women’s Footwear Team, you will collaborate with key partners onshore and offshore, including teams in Product Development, Testing, Material Design, Product Design, Management, Merchandising, Sourcing, Business Operations, Value Engineering, and our partners in Asia. You will navigate the NIKE matrix to align processes with divisional and functional standards, driving product excellence. You will be the primary contact for our Asia teammates, ensuring clear communication during development, commercialization, and manufacturing.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a Women’s Sport FW Lead Product Engineer to create top performance footwear. You will develop new concepts, design products, interpret technical drawings, and analyze data for refined specifications. You’ll review samples to ensure cost-effective, high-quality deliverables. Your role includes developing and updating engineering best practices to enhance quality, craftsmanship, performance, and efficiency.
The ideal candidate must be a self-starter, a quick learner, a strong communicator, a great teammate, and possess solid technical and leadership skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
- A minimum of 6 years directly relevant work experience
- Experience in Footwear Engineering (Product, Manufacturing and Chemical), FW Development, or related fields
- Balance product details with clear communication of vision and ideas
- Proficient communication with internal and external partners
- Comfortable innovating from a blank canvas and driving future footwear
- Think outside the box, leveraging consumer insights and testing data
- Read technical drawings and 3D files to solve problems
- Understand virtual prototyping, CAD, 3D printing, and manufacturing processes
- Knowledge of materials, test methods, and their applications in product creation
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
This role focuses on product creation from initial brief to commercialization, ensuring excellence in Craft, Fit, Comfort, Performance, Quality, Sustainability, Cost/Value, and Innovation
Responsibilities:
- Provide early recommendations and technical expertise on tooling, compounds, plates, injection, construction techniques, materials, processes, sustainability, cost, and chemical engineering solutions.
- Drive team and business growth, addressing manufacturing, sustainability, or cost issues.
- Share expertise with junior team members on footwear construction, manufacturing, chemical, and lab testing procedures.
- Offer multi-solution approaches and creative problem-solving for sustainable product excellence.
- Develop and enhance engineering best practices to improve quality craftsmanship, performance, and efficiency.
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.
