We are a NIKE Product Engineering team based at Nike Taichung PMO.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for a Footwear Senior Product Engineer to be part of the Taiwan PMO Footwear Product Creation team.
We seek someone with footwear product experience who brings products from development to manufacturing and utilizes tools and systems to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness across multiple functions. The role requires gaining buy-in from product creation and factory partner stakeholders, improving product manufacturability through analytics and problem-solving, and communicating complex information clearly.
The successful candidate will leverage consumer insights to optimize business and product performance through sustainable growth, drive trade-offs that benefit the business and product, consider critical inputs and impacts, and involve the right stakeholders from the beginning to bring new technology to life. The candidate should be self-motivated, a quick learner, a strong communicator, and a collaborative teammate with self-awareness and leadership skills.
What You Will Work On
As a Senior Footwear Product Engineer, you will focus on product excellence by connecting marketing consumer insights, NIKE mechanical and material testing, and divisional and functional best practices to drive quality, craftsmanship, and efficiency in a collaborative team environment.
- Review samples and Tech Packs, including physical and digital technical drawings and 3D files, at each development gate from development through commercialization and manufacturing.
- Establish, implement, and update best practices.
- Support costing initiatives throughout the development process.
- Collaborate with offshore, PMO, and PHK teams on design constructions, product engineering standards, material choices, costing optimization, and construction.
- Connect the PHK product creation team, PCC, and manufacturing partners while driving cross-sport engineering initiatives.
Who You Will Work With
You will collaborate with Innovation, Product Development, Material Development, Product Testing, Cost Engineering, Partner PCC and PMO teams, and Operations teams.
You will be the key point of contact between PCC/PMO partners and the WHQ product team, ensuring communication during product development and commercialization is complete, clear, and accurate. You will work across multiple sports and lifestyle categories and navigate the NIKE matrix to align processes with NIKE Footwear Engineering standards and methodologies. This role reports to the Product Engineering Senior Manager in Taiwan PMO.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant industry experience in footwear, development, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proficiency reading technical drawings, design sketches, and/or 3D digital files and linking them as a system to identify potential problems and provide solutions.
- Knowledge of lasts, footwear pattern engineering, tooling, materials, test methodologies, and manufacturing processes is highly preferred.
- Ability to identify and drive engineering solutions from the conceptual stage through manufacturing.
- Ability to communicate proficiently with multiple internal and external partners.
- Digital literacy, including Microsoft Office, Miro Board, spreadsheets, database management, and 2D/3D CAD/CAM tools and pattern engineering software, is a plus.
- Ability to value differences, work across cultures, and navigate NIKE’s organizational matrix.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
NIKE offers a generous total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional development. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.