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Who We Are:Brooks is a team of passionate people united by a desire to do meaningful work, lead healthy lives and make a difference. We share a focused mission: to inspire everyone to run and be active. That’s it. No distractionsit’s all about the run. Through science, creativity, service, authenticity and connection, we obsess over delivering the best running gear on the planet. We do it our way, with our unique spirit, with a goal of being more relevant to runners than any other brand, day after day and mile after mile. We are determined to innovate, challenging ourselves to lead thought at every turn. Inside these walls and on the roads, tracks and trails, we live and breathe Run Happy, celebrating the positive impact running has on our lives and others. We inject it into all we do because it makes everything better, smarter, more fun and more memorable. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together and creates the conditions for success. It is lived daily as a behavioral expression of our collective set of brand values: Connect with People, Innovate for our Customer, Compete as a Team, Build Trust, Have Fun amp; Bring Passion, and Be Active. If you’re on our team, it means you’re part of creating something extraordinary. You’re part of Brooks.
Your Job:The Product Engineer I drives our footwear commercialization process from development to production. You actively manage and engineer our products to meet our ‘’Fit Feel Ride’’ expectations while working with various product groups (USA DP, Asia DP, QA and Factory Manufacturing partners for uppers and tooling confirmations). You drive the commercialization process and ensure that products meet or exceed our quality standards and Brooks ‘’Fit feel Ride’’expectation with on time delivery. You manage all related trials, working closely with factory teams to ensure products will be confirmed on time with a smooth transition from commercialization to production. You work closely with QA to review any quality issues and work with internal and external teams to resolve all the issues. Your Responsibilities: · Lead and manage multiple projects from confirmation sample to consumer-based ready for manufacturing.· Display basic knowledge of the manufacturing process with the ability to manipulate the process to advance and achieve manufacturing techniques to enhance the overall product performance.· Manage trials in Asia and ensure the products meet Brooks ‘’fit feel ride’’ expectations. · Work with Development teams to ensure all materials physical properties and function meet Brooks requirements.o Provide standard commercialization check points (Model fit/Extreme and pre-production trials fit feel ride) and approve of production standards.o Establish PFC (Process Flow Chart) for production in collaboration with factory partners.o Review component construction, pattern and process at the product factory. o Review and confirm all stages of wear test shoes before shipping to the USA to ensure there will be minimal or no delay in production timing.· Perform standard commercialization checks to ensure product is manufactured according to approved product specifications, including functional and aesthetic performance specifications.· Work closely with QA team to maintain product integrity in production. Walk (T1/T2/T3) lines on a daily basis with QA team to inspect product.· Review and confirm, in conjunction with factory’s mold engineers and factory production teams, all wear test sample and production tooling (ms/os/tpu).· Review and confirm with Production all upper materials for wear test and production.· Assist USA/Asia DP, Factory and Production Teams with upper pattern, upper molds and tooling concerns for production starting from first round sample production, ensuring that the product meets or exceeds Brooks standards for manufacturing.· Provide solutions to issues as they arise during the early stages of design/development.· Communicate daily with factory and Production teams to ensure alignment on production status.· Update all timeline reports accurately and in a timely manner on the Brooks FLEXPLM and Sharepoint information repository.
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