Babolat - Racket development industrialization engineer - Heyuan

Mission

Founded in 1875, BABOLAT is a French privately owned company. A leader in racket sports with a strong innovative culture. For over 150 years, millions of tennis players have been playing with Babolat equipment. Since 2003, BABOLAT has offered a complete apparel and shoe range to its players.

BABOLAT equipment is endorsed by some of the world’s most iconic athletes, including Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alacaraz, Dominic Thiem, Félix Auger- Aliassime, Juncheng Shang, Saisai Zheng, Xinyu Wang, Ana Kontaveit, Karolina Pliskova, Hongyan Pi, Xuefei Qi and Juan Lebron.

If passion drives you, innovation motivates you, quality and customer satisfaction your goal, respect for others your first value, join our team !

As the Development &amp Industrialization racket engineer, you will Manage the industrialization and manufacturability of new racket developments. You will also collaborate with HQ developers to drive the development process and ensure product milestones are achieved on time.

Activités

Your challenges :

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• Monitor innovative construction, processes, and materials in the sports and leisure sector, and in product-related industrial field in collaboration with the industrial partner.

• Identify and qualify materials / processes that could be implemented on future products.

• Leverage knowledge of construction, processes, and materials to influence development decisions and build technical toolbox.

• Share insights on processes evolution, especially on sustainability topics

Projects follow-up

• Act as on-site racket developer to support the racket team in understanding the needs and challenges faced during innovation and development projects.

• Secure and operate the BABOLAT laboratory inside the industrial partner facility to secure the data communication with the HQ.

• Manage and monitor laboratory tests.

• Conduct weekly follow-ups on innovation &amp development projects and sample planning.

Industrialization

• Oversee timelines to ensure an efficient transition between a prototype green light and a production green light, which includes a close follow-up of the pre-series production.

• Provide technical expertise on construction and materials to secure a smooth transition to production of new models.

• Follow process improvements to enhance product quality, product footprint, speed, and efficiency.

• Monitor the life cycle of product molds

• Deliver feedbacks on the industrial phase

Pro player samples

• Collaborate with HQ to create manufacturing guidelines for pro player samples.

• Supervise the sample room during the production of pro player samples.

• Validate the quality of samples before shipment.

CSR actions

• Support the implementation of BABOLAT CSR strategy.

• Follow the actions implemented by the industrial partner to develop sustainability.

Profil

Qualifications / Required Skills :

• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a matrix organization.

• Strong knowledge and expertise in composite product engineering, development, and industrialization processes and timelines.

• Proficiency in reading 2D and 3D files, BOM/CBD, etc.

• Problem-solving skills with the ability to provide solutions to development and commercialization challenges.

• Highly collaborative, with the ability to work with Asia-based peers and France-based brand leads.

• Fluency in English is required