Senior Product Developer

JR286•Torrance, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

JR286 is seeking a Senior Product Developer to join its team in Torrance, California. The role is responsible for driving innovation and technical execution of product concepts through research, ideation, prototyping, and development. The Senior Product Developer communicates across cross-functional partners to ensure successful delivery of ENI-JR286 accessories and equipment. The role leads product development from concept through mass production, owns critical products and innovation projects, and manages project milestones, documentation, and collaboration with global teammates. It applies engineering fundamentals to product design and risk reduction; creates technical product specifications; develops and executes performance and regulatory testing; and partners with overseas factories on prototypes that meet performance and cost criteria. The Senior Product Developer also improves wear-testing practices, represents project management, product performance, cost, and risk considerations in cross-functional collaboration, keeps development information current in the project management platform, mentors team members, and completes special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in product development, industrial design, engineering, textiles, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience in sporting goods or soft goods.
At least 6 years of experience in a product engineering, development, design, or innovation role.
Senior-level communication, organization, and calendar-management skills.
Strong teamwork skills and ability to work productively with diverse groups; ability to lead by example, mentor, and motivate others as needed.
Proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft applications, including Illustrator, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project.
Experience with full product lifecycle development and bringing products to market.
Experience delivering multiple projects in parallel on different timelines.
Results- and deadline-driven approach, including willingness to spend the time required to meet department and company deadlines.
Ability to work independently with limited direction, multitask across projects, and remain productive and timely.
Ability to work cross-functionally and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with sporting goods accessories, such as cut-and-sew bags or gloves equipment, including size grading, wear testing, and cost engineering.
Experience with MS Office/Project skills or related Product Data Management Systems.
Continuous improvement or Lean project implementation experience.
Experience using Monday.com or other web-based project management tools.
Ability to foster innovation by developing new products or practices beyond the status quo and driving change.
Ability to manage project complexity and execute minor, major, and platform-level projects from start to finish.
Project leadership, including taking ownership, making decisions with consideration for the overall project, budget, resources, and global implications.
Problem-solving skills, including analyzing issues, gathering data, consulting others, making informed decisions, and communicating appropriately.
Ability to promote teamwork and value the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design development relationship.
Effective written and verbal communication with internal and external customers across language barriers.
Self-sufficiency, intelligence, self-direction, and accuracy.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute the product development process from concept through mass production, meeting milestones and calendar deadlines.
Own development of critical products and deliver them successfully.
Lead innovation projects that challenge the status quo and produce measurable performance gains in next-generation products.
Use the web-based project management platform to manage tasks, milestones, documentation, and collaboration with global teammates and leaders.
Build and foster value-driven partnerships with internal and external product groups.
Design products using engineering fundamentals, including critical thinking, problem solving, DFM, and DFMEA, to identify failure modes and reduce risk.
Create technical product specifications covering product views, dimensions and tolerances, bills of materials, functional requirements, color, quality requirements, and other product-specific details.
Execute performance and regulatory testing, develop custom tests and post-test reports, troubleshoot issues, and improve product performance until requirements are exceeded.
Partner with overseas factory partners to lead prototyping that meets performance and cost criteria, realizes designed features, and delivers a complete sample for the final prototype milestone.
Improve wear testing by combining verbal feedback and qualitative and quantitative data to understand athlete needs and translate them into product features and dimensions controlled on tech packs.
Lead the cross-functional Triad, representing project management, product performance, product cost, and risk reduction to support business growth and downstream commercialization teams.
Support management by keeping development tasks and documentation current in the project management platform so status reports and comments are up to date for automated reporting.
Mentor Product Development team members by sharing experience and helping them address challenges.
Deliver special projects as assigned.