Biomechanical Engineer
Zellerfeld · Hamburg, DE
Your mission Advance our understanding of foot biomechanics to optimize our custom footwear solutions, with a focus on fit, midsole stiffness, upper flexibil...
Job description
Your mission Advance our understanding of foot biomechanics to optimize our custom footwear solutions, with a focus on fit, midsole stiffness, upper flexibility, and future research directions. Your profile: Key Responsibilities: - Lead initiatives to refine the fitting process and shoe profile characteristics, ensuring improved alignment between user anatomy and shoe geometry. - Analyze biomechanical data to enhance shoe customization parameters, focusing on pressure distribution, joint kinematics, and movement patterns. - Research and develop advanced methods for foot scanning, gait analysis, and movement tracking to capture high-fidelity input data for footwear fitting algorithms. - Design and manage experimental setups for biomechanical testing, including walking, running, and standing scenarios across various terrains and user demographics. - Design and manage controlled lab-based experiments for comprehensive shoe performance testing, including durability, flexibility, stiffness, and energy return metrics. - Collaborate with external labs to perform unbiased third-party testing, ensure proper protocols, and interpret test results to validate biomechanical hypotheses. - Assist...