Product Designer (Apparel)

Title: Product Designer

Location: Beaverton, OR – Onsite Role

Duration: 6 Months

Rate: $27/hr on W2

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 work 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 Object) this includes - Understand the pro & cons of each technology, Why and when we use them and how they are informing faster decision for 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 are established 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, create builds, and notify requestors.
• Cultivate an understanding of additive manufacturing that focuses 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 '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 Object).

Effective oral and written communication, basic project management.Experience in engineering and/or manufacturing in a high-volume production environment creating high value products.