Footwear Materials Designer II: CAD & Material Innovation

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Beaverton (OR)

On-site

USD 52,000 - 59,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health, vision, and dental

Paid sick leave

Retirement plan with match

Free online training through AquentGym

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a Materials Designer II to support footwear material design and development for a global athletic lifestyle brand. You will help bring seasonal collections to life through material concepts, CADs, and collaboration across design, color, and product teams.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in footwear materials, strong Illustrator skills, and experience with Aurora and Miro. This temporary role emphasizes fast-paced, cross-functional collaboration and innovative material solutions.

Qualifications

2–5 years of materials design experience in footwear, athletic or related products.
Strong understanding of footwear materials and development processes.
Experience with material costing, pricing discussions, material libraries, vendors and developers.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator.
Experience using Aurora for uploading and managing CADs.
Experience working in Miro.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Support the design and development of materials across seasonal footwear collections.
Create and refine material concepts, CADs, color/material applications, and presentation assets.
Partner with footwear designers, color designers, graphic designers, material developers, product teams, and merchandising partners.
Navigate material libraries to identify materials based on design intent, availability and cost.
Collaborate with vendors and material development teams on material selection, development, pricing and execution.
Understand material costing and balance creative direction with production considerations.
Upload and maintain CADs and design information within Aurora.
Use Miro to support collaborative design, ideation, and workflow processes.
Create accurate 2D drawings and design specifications as needed.
Support seasonal storytelling through materials, texture, color, finish and innovative methods of make.
Incorporate feedback quickly while maintaining design intent and meeting deadlines.
Identify new materials, technologies and sustainable solutions to elevate the consumer experience.
Present concepts, material recommendations and design solutions to internal partners.