Product Test Engineer 1Hybrid

Title: Product Test Engineer 1

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 5 months 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

The Rapid Additive Manufacturing Lab is critical for footwear concepts that drives product creation and decision-making at NIKE! We do everything from prototyping new designs, developing new 3D printing techniques, testing new materials and technologies to producing one-of-a-kind products for NIKE’s most high-profile product lines. Our team is a vital component in developing the future of NIKE footwear. We’re looking for a Lead Rapid Additive Manufacturing Engineering Technician to be part of our Bowerman Footwear Lab Rapid Additive Manufacturing team at NIKE’s World Headquarters.

This candidate needs possess the following traits and skills:

• Flexible, self-starter, motivated to continually learn and grow
• Innovative mindset, creative problem solver, and process oriented
• Strong collaborative, organizational and prioritization skills with a focus on project management
• Possess a mechanical approach and working in a hands-on environment
• Understanding of 3D printing technologies, engineering, and additive manufacturing processes

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Lead Rapid Additive Technician, you will be an essential member of the Rapid Additive Manufacturing team. Critical to supporting the overall strategy of the Bowerman Footwear Lab. In this role, you will be relied upon to help to accelerate our current manufacturing processes, challenges, quality, and tools. This will include:

• Support the labs daily post process operation gain experience on multiple 3D printing technologies (SLS, SDM, FDM, and Objet) this includes:
• Understand the pro & cons of each technology, Why and when we use them and how they are informing faster decision for Nike footwear.
• Support daily post process operations to break out parts per technology to deliver requests to our stakeholders.
• Learn to be a technical expert maintaining, cleaning and preparing each machine technology to be print ready.
• Maintain lab raw materials inventory and reorder new materials, partnering with the BFL Materials team.
• Test SOPs establish by RAM Engineers and Specialists, providing suggestions to improve SOPs
• Safely operating all department machines, observing all personal protective equipment requirements and practices
• Learn the digital component to intakes requests, creates builds, and notifies requestors.

• •Cultivate an understanding of additive manufacturing that focus to accelerate product performance, problem solving production quality and speed to market.
• Implement tasks with flexibility, and the appropriate sense of urgency through changing timelines, projects and deadlines

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

• You will work cross-functionally and collaborate with Additive Engineers and Specialist, Conceptors, Materials, and Maintenance to explore, develop, and deliver high quality Footwear Prototypes in the BFL.
• You will be interacting with partners in Nike's Global Footwear, Innovation, and Dimension teams to create Performance, Lifestyle, and sample footwear models.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Associates or bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Additive Manufacturing Technology, or related technical field is preferred
• 2+ years relevant work experience in 3D additive manufacturing or related field and industry
• Thrive in fast-paced manufacturing environment; familiarity working multiple 3D printing platforms (SLS, SDM, FDM, and Objet).
• Effective oral and written communication, basic project management
• Experience in engineering and/or manufacturing in a high-volume production environment creating high value products
• Passion for making, detail-oriented, problem-solving skills, and comfort operating with some ambiguity
• Ability to drive collaboration and communication within a complex group