[Hiring] Engineering Technician II @Columbia Sportswear Company

Role Description

To be responsible for the upper and tooling engineering coordination of new footwear products working with the developer from receipt of tech package and for the bulk sample review stage through commercialization and into production. Maintains connectivity with the product through the initial production phase and initiates the QC standards.

• Support the Commercialization team in the engineering role at Columbia.
• Assist in the Asia product creation process from bulk sample review onwards.
• Support the product development team during initial stages of development.
• Work with factory pattern and tooling engineers to convert initial design renderings into successful and profitably commercialized products.
• Review blueprints and other drawings to ensure accuracy and functionality of mold details.
• Review wooden models and upper patterns to ensure design integrity in cooperation with the Asia Development Team.
• Increase knowledge and demonstrate awareness of all phases of the Columbia product process.
• Support the development team in ensuring projects are proven, tested, completed on time, manufacturable, and meet design intent, performance, costing, and sustainability goals.
• Take on the principal commercialization role as the product moves from T1 through T4 stages of development into full-scale manufacturing.
• Ensure that the Asian and Portland teams are fully updated on progress and confirm SOP for mass production.
• See new models into production and follow their progress during the initial two weeks of production.
• Support QA to track the quality of the first week of running first production PO#.
• Support QA job with B2B material checking, lab checking, and final inspection.
• Check Sale sample PO# to ensure quality is in standard and follow China’s SOP.
• Solve production issues in line.
• Daily check product quality in the production line and support QAs in problem-solving.
• Advise and support lab testing guide when issues are found, working with Zhuhai lab and development.
• Collaborate with the China development team on issues in PCS or new styles.
• Work with Tech, development team, QA team, and Chemical for special projects like cost saving, VOC reducing, and Computer stitching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, or industrial design field.
• 5 years footwear experience in a footwear engineering discipline or product creation with a global brand; 7 years experience if no degree.
• Some understanding of the principles of pattern engineering, costing, quality implications, model making, part drawings, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Honest with integrity, team player, able to take pressure and challenges.
• Able to travel per job’s requirement.

Requirements

• Good communication skills (persuading, proving, listening, presenting).
• Good management skills (time, people, relationship).
• A good learner and proactive in providing ideas/reports to your manager.
• Good problem-solving skills, result-oriented, and cooperative with factories to find the root cause of issues.
• Good coaching skills; a good instructor.

Company Description

At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. Proudly based in the Pacific Northwest, we believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We empower people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.