Department: Footwear Supply Chain
Reports to: Senior Director, Footwear Development
Location: Portland, Oregon
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As our Footwear Developer 2 you will manage highly technical and complex footwear products from design phase through to production readiness. Using your technical development expertise, collaborative working style and solutions-oriented approach you will collaborate with our Design, Product Management, Engineering, Materials Development, and Manufacturing teams to deliver the most innovative products to the mountain athlete.
This role is based out of our Portland office and is expected to be performed on-location.
Meet Your Future Team:
Our Product Creation team is a dynamic group spread across the globe. It sits within our Supply Chain organization and is a center of excellence partner with our Footwear Business Unit. The Arc’teryx Footwear team creates innovative, aesthetically striking product that exceeds the core mountain athlete’s outdoors needs across climbing, hiking, and trail running categories. We are builders, problem solvers and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying our athlete’s future needs – then, build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are a passionate collective with a focus on collaborative teamwork, and our vision is to redefine the industry.
If you were in the Footwear Product Developer 2 role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Executing the development of product from the initial design phase through product confirmation.
Closely collaborating with our materials development and engineering teams
Influencing the product creation process to ensure our performance, costing, and manufacturing targets are hit.
Focusing heavily on new materials development (uppers and bottoms)
Working with our Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners to ensure flawless execution of our model-level strategies.
Creating and maintaining accurate documentation of Bill of Material (BOM) and technical specifications
Ensuring adherence to our product creation timelines.
Engaging with functional and extended teams to align with and support engineering best practices to deliver on product performance goals, guest and athlete requirements
Ensuring accurate cost estimates and verifying that price targets are achievable to meet and/or exceed our financial targets.
Communicating opportunities for process improvement with a lean-forward attitude to drive evolution within our footwear product creation processes
Are you our next Footwear Product Developer 2?
- You have seven years’ experience in footwear product development, materials development, engineering or manufacturing.
You have an undergraduate degree in engineering or other technical field OR equivalent industry training, certification, or related business experience
You are familiar with Centric, Plasma, PCX or other footwear materials management systems
You are a proven collaborator and problem solver.
You communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
You have experience in product costing, cost solutions and negotiation skills
You have a fundamental understanding of pattern engineering, tooling engineering and manufacturing processes.
You are able to interpret technical drawings in 2D and 3D
You demonstrate initiative, agility and commitment
You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
You are goal driven with a results-oriented attitude
You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it
You thrive in a fast paced, diverse, ever evolving and values led environment
You seek to execute the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions with an unwavering commitment to do right
Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility.
We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team.
In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life:
- Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Financial wellbeing - Immediately vested 401(k) retirement savings plan matching, eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
- Time & Flexibility - Paid time off and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
- Family support - Parental leave for birthing and on-birthing parents, including an option to ease the transition back to work.
- Growth, community & gear - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).
*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role.
Skills Required
- Seven years' experience in footwear product development, materials development, engineering, or manufacturing
- Undergraduate degree in engineering or other technical field OR equivalent industry training, certification, or related business experience
- Familiarity with Centric, Plasma, PCX or other footwear materials management systems
- Experience in product costing, cost solutions, and negotiation skills
- Fundamental understanding of pattern engineering, tooling engineering, and manufacturing processes
- Ability to interpret technical drawings in 2D and 3D
- Experience creating and maintaining Bills of Material (BOM) and technical specifications
- Proven collaborator and problem solver with clear verbal and written communication
- Demonstrated initiative, agility, adaptability, and commitment; proactive root-cause identification
- Goal-driven, results-oriented, able to balance autonomy and collaboration
- Passion for outdoor activities and alignment with company values
What We Do
Arc’teryx is a global design company based in North Vancouver, B.C. that specializes in technical high-performance outerwear and equipment. We design and manufacture a wide range of mountain sports outdoor apparel and equipment for all conditions and experiences, including mountaineering, ice and rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and trail running. Our company is built on a passionate and relentless commitment to design, craftsmanship and performance. We have a unique construction process that enables us to create technical products that can be trusted to perform at the point of extreme need. We are uniquely positioned in our industry as we have our own factory located in New Westminster, BC, which enables us to build products with a meticulous focus on detail and performance. We leverage this manufacturing knowledge and share it with our global partner factories. In the Coast Mountain Range behind our headquarters and design centre in North Vancouver, we field test our products in real world conditions allowing us to create the best-fitting, longest-lasting, highest-performing technical products available. We distribute our outerwear and equipment through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, in over 40 countries globally, including 38 branded and outlet stores in Europe, North America and Asia. The company started with six employees in 1989 and now has more than 1000 employees in Canada.
