Product Designer 3 (Footwear)On-Site

Title: Product Designer 3 (Footwear)

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3-month contract

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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As part of the engineering pillar in the Bowerman Footwear lab, we are looking for creative and technical individuals to help bring new footwear concepts to life. Working closely with your cross functional teammates, you will employ your technical skills to determine aesthetic and functional design solutions and help overcome design challenges. Highly self-motivated with a solution-oriented approach, you are capable of producing high-quality work on very fast deadlines. If you are passionate about footwear and passionate about solving problems, then we’d love to talk to you.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

In a Product Design 3 role, you will design by driving digital creation from ideation to prototype. Deliverables range from digital assets to physical samples. You will work closely with these other teams to produce a successful deliverable. Additionally, you will build and present assets that effectively communicate design intent to a variety of audiences such as product designers, developers, engineers, technicians, mold makers, and more.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

In the Product Design 3 role, you will be working on a team under the Bowerman Footwear Lab organization on early footwear concepts and ideas for various teams across global footwear. These teams can range from Nike innovation or performance and lifestyle teams within the Fields of Play. 

WHAT YOU BRING 

• 7 - 10 years work experience CNC machinist / programming
• Familiar with Okuma, Makino, DMG Mori CNC machines
• Flexible, self-starter, motivated to continually learn and grow
• Innovative mindset, creative problem solver, and process oriented
• Understanding of mold making, is a plus
• Possess a mechanical approach and working in a hands-on environment
• Effective project management skills
• Passion for making; technical confidence working with your hands
• Versatile, detail-oriented, problem-solving skills, and comfort operating in ambiguity
• Ability to drive collaboration and communication within a complex group