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# Junior Design Engineer for AM (FFF) Footwear

- **Company:** KOOBZ INC.
- **Location:** Ventura, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Scripting
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Junior-Design-Engineer-for-AM-FFF-Footwear-Koobz-818281282754277/

## About the Role

+ Degree in product design engineering, industrial design, footwear design, 3D/digital design or equivalent hands-on experience
 + Proficient in poly and sub-d modelling - clean topology, controlled edge flow, creasing and support loops, the ability to hold a surface where it matters and let it relax where it doesn't
 + UV unwrapping - sensible seam placement, minimal distortion, packed and consistent texel density
 + Rendering - you can light and present a shoe well enough for design reviews and client-facing imagery (Cycles/Eevee, or comparable)
 + Blender as your primary tool, or fluency in something close enough that you'll be up to speed in weeks
 + Working understanding of FFF constraints and how they shape geometry - overhangs, wall behavior, layer adhesion, anisotropy, warping
 + Clean, organized, revisable file habits - someone else should be able to open your scene and change it
 + Understanding of how a shoe is built: last, upper, midsole, outsole, fit and sizing
 + Comfortable with iteration and being wrong quickly
 + English, written and spoken
Strongly preferred

 + Blender geometry nodes - we use procedural setups heavily to keep our modelling non-destructive and editable. Comfort building and reading node trees, working with attributes, instancing and field-driven geometry matters more here than any specific technique. Strongest signal in this whole application.
 + Computational or generative design background: Grasshopper, nTop, Python scripting, or your own tooling
 + Understanding of how flexible materials (TPU/TPE across shore hardnesses) behave when printed, and how to design around it
 + Hands-on printing experience of your own - not part of the job, but it shows in the geometry
 + Familiarity with FEA or simulation for compliant structures
 + Footwear-specific software (Shoemaster, ICad, Romans CAD) or last modification experience
 + Sports or biomechanics knowledge - gait, pressure mapping, foot anatomy

## Description

You'll turn footwear concepts into manufacturable 3D geometry. Our production team handles slicing and printing; your job is to hand them models that print well the first time. Expect a fast loop between your models and their test parts.
What you'll do

 + Model Upper midsole, outsole and structural components for FFF, from concept geometry to release-ready files
 + Apply design-for-AM constraints in the geometry itself: self-supporting angles, wall thickness, orientation-aware features, tolerance and shrinkage compensation
 + Build and grade parts across a full size run, working from lasts and fit data
 + Work closely with the production team on printability feedback, and revise geometry based on what comes off the machines
 + Maintain clean, parametric, well-organised files so models can be regraded and revised without rebuilding
 + Collaborate with designers, pattern makers and production through sampling and pre-production


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