Footwear Development Technician
7 days ago
The Footwear Development Technician is a highly technical role within the footwear development team, focusing on tooling, patterns, materials and construction. This position oversees projects from concept to finished production while providing expert support to other developers on complex technical challenges, such as tooling development, intricate upper pattern constructions, and optimising moulded components and their assembly.
**Your responsibilities**
Technical Development Expertise:
- Lead the development of tooling for midsoles, outsoles, and moulded components, ensuring precision, efficiency, and manufacturability.
- Collaborate with the design team to translate creative concepts into production-ready patterns and technical specifications.
- Oversee the creation, refinement, and optimisation of upper patterns, ensuring efficiency in material usage and alignment with fit and performance standards.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges in assembly processes, including moulded components and multi-layer constructions, ensuring seamless production execution.
Advanced Material Development:
- Lead the identification and development of advanced materials to support performance, sustainability, and technical progression.
- Collaborate with suppliers to test and evaluate new materials, ensuring they meet technical, aesthetic, and performance criteria.
- Establish strong relationships with suppliers to optimise material sourcing, innovation, and cost-efficiency.
- Work closely with the QA team to assess material performance during testing phases and in mass production.
Innovation and Advanced Projects:
- Take ownership of advanced innovation projects running on extended critical path timelines, focusing on technical progression and performance improvements to push our footwear forward.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate innovative materials, technologies, and construction methods into development projects.
- Work closely with the design team to create and manage one-off testing samples for prototype evaluation, ensuring they meet functional and performance criteria.
- Analyse prototype test results and provide actionable feedback to refine future development efforts.
Project Oversight:
- Manage projects from initial concept to finished production, ensuring timelines are met and technical requirements are achieved.
- Serve as the key technical resource for factories during development phases, ensuring tooling, patterns, and materials meet specifications and production constraints.
- Collaborate with the QA team to address and resolve quality issues related to tooling, pattern accuracy, material performance, and assembly methods.
Team Support:
- Provide technical guidance and support to other developers on the team, particularly for projects involving complex tooling, intricate patterns, advanced materials, or challenging construction methods.
- Act as a knowledge resource, sharing expertise in tooling development, pattern optimisation, material performance, and manufacturing techniques to enhance the team’s capabilities.
Process Improvement and Optimisation:
- Identify opportunities to optimise patterns, tooling, and materials for cost efficiency, material yield, and production scalability.
- Work closely with factory partners to refine production techniques, ensuring smooth transitions from development to mass production.
Documentation and Communication:
- Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, including tooling blueprints, pattern specs, grading charts, material specifications, and assembly guides.
- Ensure all technical and material information is accurately communicated to factories and cross-functional teams in a clear and timely manner.
- Conduct regular reviews of tooling, materials, and patterns, documenting changes and updates to ensure consistency across all projects.
**Your profile**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Footwear Engineering, or a related field.
- Additional education in shoe making
- Proven expertise in the development of midsoles, outsoles, molded components, and advanced materials, including tooling and material optimization for mass production.
- Strong knowledge of upper pattern construction, grading, and material performance for efficiency and technical standards.
- Experience managing advanced innovation projects with extended timelines, incorporating cutting-edge materials and technologies.
- Proven ability to test and evaluate advanced materials in collaboration with suppliers and design teams.
- Experience collaborating with factories and suppliers, troubleshooting technical challenges during development and production phases.
- Ability to interpret and create detailed technical documentation, including blueprints, patterns, grading charts, and material specifications.
- Expertise in resolving complex tooling, pattern, and material challenges, ensuring seamless production
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