Innovator II - Global Apparel & Accessories

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

In this role, you'll collaborate with various stakeholders, including test engineers, product innovators, developers, and lab and factory partners. You'll help teams understand product attributes and performance to advance innovation viding technical input to the Product Innovation, Technical Design, Development, Materials, and Product Management teams will be key in this role. Primarily based at PHK Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, you will collaborate with various teams across Nike and also spend time in our Accessories Innovation Lab.

We are seeking a candidate with experience and strong proficiency in working on physical product design, development, and/or engineering. The ideal Innovator II will be highly motivated and have interest in building, creating, and developing new types of products and new ways to create products that enable athletes to perform at their highest potential. This position requires a combination of expertise with prototyping, testing, understanding testing and athlete feedback to advance a project.

This person uses effective communication to deliver critical insights throughout the product design and development process.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Product Design, Industrial Design, Product Creation, Development, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 1–2 years of directly relevant experience
• Strong time management skills with ability to balance competing stakeholder priorities
• Ability to take on ambiguous projects, iterate, and progress with limited supervision
• Knowledge of sporting goods construction, tooling, pattern engineering, and manufacturing processes (preferred)
• Experience with prototyping and testing, with strong creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to read technical drawings and work with digital tools (CAD/CAM, MS Office, Miro, etc.), along with strong written and verbal communication

As an Innovator II in the Accessories Innovation team, you will work on designs that help define the future of sports. We expect you to explore new opportunities, take risks, and change the game. We work on a diverse range of accessories, including global football products, socks, headwear, and bags, among others. In your day-to-day, you will engage with innovators and product teammates on researching, gaining insights, problem solving around performance and manufacturing, working with athletes and creating solutions that will redefine what Nike Accessories can do.

This is a role in which collaboration is important, in addition to individual project work, the Innovator II will partner with and engage innovation partners, design teams and tech developers.

• Coordinating the creation and sampling of new innovations in equipment and soft goods
• Partnering with the Innovation Lab to test and analyze performance of the prototypes created
• Organizing, tracking, and communicating current project status of Nike Accessories Innovation and Global Accessories teams
• Strong time and project management skills, able to work independently
• Good foundation of understanding of how sporting goods and soft goods products are made
• Some familiarity and experience with creating physical prototypes