Nate Jacobsen
Product Design Engineer · Jacobsen Consulting LLC
Boise, ID
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Nate, a Design Engineer with 20+ years of experience, specializes in wearable technology and has experience across diverse industries, including footwear, apparel, equipment, and helmets. Passionate about solving early-stage conceptual challenges, he guides projects from inception to commercialization. With a rich industry background and prior work at Nike Innovation, Nate leverages expertise in biomechanics research, reliability engineering and collaborating with clients from large corporations to startups. Applying a hands-on approach, he brings extensive insight to each project.
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Product Design Engineer
Jacobsen Consulting LLC2017 – Present
Experienced Product Design Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the Sporting Goods industry. Available for Freelance, Contract and Consulting work.
Specialties: Project Management, Design Engineering, Reliability Engineering. Industries: Footwear, Apparel, Outdoor Equipment, Helmets, Consumer Electronics
Technology Engineer - Cushioning Innovation
Nike2014 – 2016
Technical lead for footwear commercialization programs. Responsible for bringing footwear innovations from concept to commercialization. Worked with internal teams, domestic and overseas manufactures to ensure quality product integration, testing and commercialization for new footwear product.
Technical lead for Cushioning Innovation R&D programs. Worked with internal innovation teams and external vendors to conceptualize and prototype innovative cushioning systems through new materials, processes and technologies.
Sr Test and Validation Engineer - Digital Sport
Nike2011 – 2014
Lead Test and Validation Engineer on Nike+ programs. Led development and execution of reliability testing, wear testing and algorithm test and validation for Nike+ footwear product. Coordinated with Nike+ Product Team, Footwear teams, and overseas manufactures.
Supported inline Nike+ initiatives such as, GPS SportWatch and Nike+ FuelBand, in addition to other internal R&D initiatives.
Directed a team of test analysts to execute test protocols in support of ongoing Nike+ initiatives.
Test Engineer - Global Footwear Testing
Nike2004 – 2011
Test Engineer for Global Footwear Testing Lab. Responsible for coordination across departments and external partners to facilitate testing needs. Development and execution of test plans while delivering test results.
Supported Footwear Innovation and R&D initiatives. Conducted testing on new concepts and materials, developed custom test methods and fixtures, facilitated meetings and provided project direction across multiple Innovation teams
Quality Engineer
adidas2004 – 2004
Worked in the Adidas Quality Department, tested and reported on footwear durability while maintaining test equipment.
Biomechanics Research Assistant
Legacy Health, Clinical Research & Technology Center2003 – 2004
Worked in conjunction with the Biomechanics Laboratory at Legacy Clinical Research & Technology Center, by designing and prototyping a bicycle helmet concept in combination with a new Angular Impact Mitigation (AIM) drop test method.
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