USA Nike Jobs - Product Creation, Development and Engineering

Footwear Developer I- North America - ,

As our Footwear Developer I, you'll provide project and process management within Footwear Product Development at an intermediate level. You'll be responsible for converting a project brief and a 2D design rendering into a 3D sample that meets the needs of the team and the consumer and that can be successfully and profitably commercialized and produced. You'll also actively participate in meetings with Product Creation during all phases of the development process and execute the decision making process that leads to on-time product confirmation and sample delivery by consistently reviewing and evaluating project status with the Product Creation team. You'll plan and execute development according to critical dates and performance/profitability goals and address challenges and plans accordingly to deliver proven and tested product. You'll ensure manufacturability of product concepts and utilize footwear knowledge and tools to effectively and appropriately achieve project objectives. You'll also effectively select and use the most appropriate communication tools to successfully manage the product creation process from initial concept through to commercialization and production. You'll manage sampling and prototyping across geographies and plan and organize resources to achieve project goals. You'll apply fundamental understanding of category best practices to identify product and testing requirements and assure product performance by applying product integrity through physical and field-testing (fit). This opportunity also involves applying fundamental understandings of product and category objectives, quality goals and athlete/consumer requirements and recommending and specifying to Product Creation team the material, component and construction options to meet key features and product performance goals. In addition, you'll engage appropriately in all phases of the Nike product process to ensure all projects are completed on time and are manufacturable, proven and tested and meet design intent as well as performance, costing and sustainability goals.

Sr. Developer Sport Graphic, Tees - ,

It's time to let who you are determine where you work, and not the other way around. From guitarists to graphic designers to people whose skills defy description, the Nike design group is definitely an atypical work environment. Every few months our design library hosts an exhibit on different design topics - a recent exhibit featured "Rockets, Robots and Ray Guns." And there's also our bi-annual design conferences where the entire staff gets together to swap ideas and inspire each other.

All of this to say, yes, of course, we're committed to creating the best athletic shoes, apparel and equipment imaginable. But the truth is, we think people are more productive when they're having fun.

Start playing.

As one of our Senior Apparel Product Developers, you'll collaborate with the Design teams, liaison offices and factories to interpret and translate designs into approved product that can be manufactured. You'll act as project leader for assigned styles from conception to delivery. You'll analyze manufacturing capabilities, anticipate problems, facilitate problem solving and address issues in a timely manner. You'll consult with category team members to clarify desired concepts. You'll create and revise garment Bill of Materials and Specifications for assigned styles. You'll work with cross-functional product teams to meet style commercialization and material development timelines. You'll inspect and critique prototypes and samples to ensure they accurately reflect construction specifications. You'll communicate rejections and approvals to the field offices and outside contractors on a timely basis. You'll research new technologies and materials in coordination with Design and Merchandising. You'll provide product teams with new ideas and appropriate development options. You'll develop graphic applications including setting up required system documentation and researching key elements such as price and requirements for actual application to garments in production. You'll execute graphic development process including review of GIS and artwork. You'll research, source, develop, commercialize and price assigned materials at suppliers and/or liaison offices. You'll participate in fit sessions and product review with Category Product teams regarding assigned styles. You'll provide guidance and assistance to more junior developers.

Master Last Maker - ,

Take an idea. Make it a product. Get it into the pipeline. Share it with the world. Sounds simple, but, of course, the devil's in the details. At Nike's In-House Manufacturing and Distribution Divisions, we manage every detail, making sure great ideas become great products for athletes everywhere. What does this mean for you? In the best situations it means you'll push your colleagues to do their best work, and they'll turn around and do the same for you. And the details? Take a look and see for yourself.

As our Master Last Maker, you'll provide Global Footwear last development and commercialization direction across all categories, and maintain last tracking, last gauges, last records and last confirmation. You'll be relied on to act as a subject matter expert for all of Nike's last management and development; globally ensure and reinforce Nike last management protocols for last modeling, grading and transfer last data; and use provide technical and quality last engineering leadership in Nike's last creation and development of last geometry. You'll be responsible for working close to FTWR leadership to identify excessive last development, collaborate with categories to identify last data that can be consolidated or divested from Nike's active last list, and actively update management on the status of last development and consolidation. You'll also lead legacy last data migration for in-house development, lead last grading process and creation of intermediate last grading models, and globally identify/remediate quality issues. In addition, you'll establish and lead an apprentice program for transferring last engineering craftsmanship to other Nike employees, and lead last development training for Design, Development and Engineering teams.

Commercialization Support - ,