Footwear 3D CAD Designer — Inline Product Visualization

Vans; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Altra Inline 3D CAD Footwear Designer will bring inline footwear to life through advanced 3D design and visualization. You will translate design intent into accurate 3D models, prints and visual assets to support concepting, development and commercialization.

Collaborating with Design, Development, Product Management and Innovation teams, you will build high-quality models, rendering and prototypes, while helping establish our 3D standards and workflows and traveling up to 10% as needed.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of professional experience in footwear design or advanced 3D modeling.
• Strong proficiency in Rhinoceros 3D, Blender, SolidWorks or similar software.
• Solid understanding of footwear construction, tooling and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to create both rapid concept models and production-ready geometry.
• Strong visualization and rendering skills to communicate concepts.
• Excellent collaboration within cross-functional teams (Design, Development, PM).

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality 3D models of footwear concepts, components and tooling.
• Partner with Footwear Designers to translate sketches into digital form.
• Build and refine outsole, midsole and upper models for reviews and prototyping.
• Develop renderings and visualizations to communicate ideas and color/material execution.
• Support rapid iterations with fast-turn digital prototypes to accelerate decisions.
• Collaborate with Development, Product Management and Tooling to balance performance and cost.
• Maintain digital model integrity and handoff to factory partners.
• Explore new workflows in parametric modeling to improve capabilities.
• Contribute to 3D standards and workflows with cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Footwear design

3D modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Visualization

Time management

Tools

Rhinoceros 3D

Blender

SolidWorks

Job description

Altra Inline 3D CAD Footwear Designer will bring inline footwear to life through advanced 3D design and visualization. You will translate design intent into accurate 3D models, prints and visual assets to support concepting, development and commercialization.

Collaborating with Design, Development, Product Management and Innovation teams, you will build high-quality models, rendering and prototypes, while helping establish our 3D standards and workflows and traveling up to 10% as needed.