Senior Product Risk Engineer - GSA Apparel (Multiple Roles)

Nike • Beaverton, OR

18d

About The Position

The Senior Product Risk Engineer supports Nike Global Development & Materials – Apparel by ensuring products meet or exceed customer, consumer, and government regulations through prevention-based quality engineering processes and tools. The role provides technical support to product engine groups by implementing Product Risk Engineering procedures and tools, and delivers formal, quantitative feedback to internal Nike and external organizations to influence business decisions.

The Apparel Product Risk Engineering team is part of Global Development & Materials within Global Product Standards. It works with Design, Development, and other product-creation stakeholders to prevent design and manufacturing risks before buy ready, assess and mitigate risk, define and update product standards, and provide subject-matter expertise as products move from concept to bulk production. The team collaborates across the supply chain, including Design, Development, Merchandising, Partner Management, and Manufacturing Partners.

The role applies engineering skills and tools to enable data-driven decisions, using knowledge of manufacturing and product-creation environments and keeping abreast of manufacturing innovations. Day-to-day work is organized around four accountabilities: developing and deploying product performance specifications based on Nike expectations; assessing failure potential and proactively reducing and resolving quality issues; validating product requirements for end-use applications; and using preventative tools to eliminate manufacturing quality challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• A minimum of 5 years of directly relevant work experience.
• Experience with statistics, design of experiment (DOE), and quality management systems.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to effectively conduct presentations to small and large audiences.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities at once.
• Self-motivated and a strategic thinker.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, domestically and internationally.
• Ability to initiate, plan, implement, and close a project or process within scope, budget, and time constraints.
• Metrics-oriented approach, strong analytical skills, and ability to leverage models and synthesize data to assess and manage risk.
• Ability to communicate clearly and straightforwardly and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to stay abreast of innovation and advancements related to manufacturing.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of material, apparel, and/or equipment creation or manufacturing.
• Product Safety experience.
• Strong project management experience.
• Experience with Smartsheets.

Responsibilities

• Support Nike Global Development & Materials – Apparel in ensuring products meet or exceed customer, consumer, and government regulations.
• Apply prevention-based quality engineering processes and tools.
• Provide technical support for product engine groups by implementing Product Risk Engineering procedures and tools.
• Provide formal, quantitative feedback to internal Nike and external organizations to influence business decisions.
• Develop and deploy product performance specifications based on Nike expectations.
• Determine failure potential and act proactively to reduce and resolve quality issues.
• Validate product requirements to qualify end-use applications.
• Use preventative tools to eliminate manufacturing quality challenges before they occur.
• Collaborate with Design, Development, and other product-creation stakeholders to prevent design and manufacturing risks before buy ready.

Benefits

• Interview accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior