Senior Product Innovator & Prototyping Lead

JR286, Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company gym access

Summer hours

Unlimited time off

13 holidays

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

JR286, Inc. in Torrance, CA, is seeking a Product Developer II to drive innovation and technical execution from concept to production. You will coordinate with global teams to deliver accessories and equipment, mentor peers, and own critical product development milestones.

You will manage designs, testing, and documentation, ensuring standards across specs, tolerances, and regulatory requirements, while partnering with overseas factories for prototyping and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in product development, industrial design, engineering, textiles, or a related field
• 3+ years prior experience in a product engineering, development, design or innovation role
• Preferred experience with Sporting Goods Accessories such as cut/sew Bag or Gloves Equipment
• High level communication, organization skills and calendar management required
• Strong team player with the ability to work with diverse groups of people in a productive manner
• Proficient computer experience in Adobe and Microsoft applications (Illustrator, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
• Preferred experience in MS Office/Project skills or related Product Data Management Systems
• Experience with full Product life cycle development and bringing a product to market
• Experience delivering multiple projects, on different timelines, in parallel
• Results and deadline driven: must be willing to do whatever it takes and spend required time to meet dept. and company deadlines
• Ability to work independently with limited direction and multi-task
• Ability to work cross-functionally and strong interpersonal/communication skills
• Willingness for domestic and international travel as required

Responsibilities

• Lead by example and flawlessly execute our product development process from concept through mass production hitting all milestones according to calendar deadlines
• Own the development of our most critical products and deliver flawlessly
• Lead by example demonstrating creativity & technical excellence owning innovation projects that challenge the status quo & result in quantifiable performance gains of next generation products
• Demonstrate project management excellence using our web-based project management platform to systematically execute all required tasks and milestones
• Create and foster value-driven partnerships with internal and external product groups
• Design world class product using engineering fundamentals including DFM and DFMEA to identify potential failure modes and reduce risk
• Master technical product spec creation including product views, critical dimensions and tolerances, bill of materials, functional requirements, color, quality requirements
• Master and execute all required performance and regulatory test, develop custom tests & post test reports, troubleshoot and improve performance
• Partner with overseas factory partners to lead all prototyping efforts to meet performance and cost criteria
• Continuously improve Wear Testing translating athlete needs into product features
• Lead in our cross-functional “Triad” for project management, product performance, cost, and risk reduction
• Support management to ensure development tasks and documentation are up to date in web PM platform
• Lead by example and mentor Product Development team members
• Deliver special projects as assigned

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Office/Project

Adobe Illustrator

Excel

Outlook

Job description

JR286, Inc. in Torrance, CA, is seeking a Product Developer II to drive innovation and technical execution from concept to production. You will coordinate with global teams to deliver accessories and equipment, mentor peers, and own critical product development milestones.

You will manage designs, testing, and documentation, ensuring standards across specs, tolerances, and regulatory requirements, while partnering with overseas factories for prototyping and cost targets.