Testing Specialist Softgoods W/M

Company Description

Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Job Description

Are you a passionate outdoor sports enthusiast with a sports instructor certification and quality testing experience? Join Salomon’s Quality Testing team and play a key role in evaluating and improving our footwear, apparel, bags, and accessories. This role offers the perfect balance between lab testing and field testing, allowing you to combine technical analysis with real-world performance assessments. Be at the heart of product development, ensuring performance, safety, and innovation through rigorous testing and continuous improvement.

Ready to combine your technical skills and sporting passion?

Your main missions:

• Determine and size evaluation plans based on the required performance, specifications, measurement tools and inspection resources, from anticipation to production launch.
• Propose and draft product test specifications before validation by the Product Quality Manager.
• Design new tests.
• Draw up specifications for test resources and methods and qualify them.
• Define test safety resources/procedures.
• Carry out and/or commission the assessments associated with the testing plan.
• Manage measurement resources (GMMC).
• Manage the supply of consumables and materials required to carry out tests.
• Contribute to development project groups in the role of expert testing referent.
• Organise trials in France and abroad, guaranteeing trial safety in the context of international regulations (development or commercial launch).

Continuous improvement:

• Provide support in analysing market and/or production problems as part of the continuous improvement process.
• Develop measurement/testing tools to ensure correlation with customer usage, developments in the sport and new concepts.
• Contribute to the development of test methods based on biomechanics and simulation studies.

Qualifications

Your profile:

Experiences:

• 2-3 years' professional experience in a similar job and/or similar technical field desirable.
• Outdoor and mountain sports enthusiast (trail running, running, and hiking). Actively connected to sports clubs, associations, and communities.

Education:

• 2 years of higher education in physics, mechanics or materials engineering preferred.
• Certification in Sports Coaching.
• Workplace First Aid Certification.

Technical skills:

• Proficiency in statistical tools and database analysis.
• Knowledge of products and materials, manufacturing processes, metrology, experimental design, measurement techniques.
• Knowledge of footwear design and manufacturing would be a plus.

IT: Command of pack Office.

Languages: English and French mandatory.

Personal qualities: Collaborative, open-minded.

Additional Information

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Location: Based in Annecy, France.

Frequent travel expected.