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Overview
Footwear product developers connect shoe design with production by turning design ideas into workable prototypes, components, patterns and sizing samples.
In job descriptions, look for lasts, upper and lining patterns, bottom components, technical drawings, cutting dies, moulds, prototype evaluation, sample tests, quality limits and price constraints.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Footwear product development sits between design drawings and factory-ready shoe samples. The work can include selecting lasts, adjusting components, making upper and lining patterns, preparing tool drawings and checking whether prototypes meet quality and price constraints.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from shoe construction, pattern engineering, materials, sizing, prototype testing and clear technical drawings for cutting dies, moulds and production tools.
Salary context
Pay is best read through product complexity, sample responsibility, testing duties, supplier contact, production problem solving and how much authority the role has over cost and quality decisions.
Career paths
Development can move from pattern or sample-room work into product engineering, technical development, fit coordination, materials work, production support or footwear design leadership.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy is mainly creative design, technical pattern work, prototype testing or production handover. Strong adverts name the shoe type, sample process, tools and quality limits.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
17-3029.00
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Occupation group
Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified (3119)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1209b85e-80f1-490f-a7e1-6ad220bb956d |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3119.6 |
| ISCO group | 3119 |
| Concept type | Occupation |