Overview

Engineers are integral to the entire process of product development in the sporting goods industry. With such a broad range of products in this industry, its not surprising that each product presents different challenges and opportunities to engineers.

If we follow the path of a single item – snowboards, for instance - we can see in very broad strokes, the engineering development process for consumer goods from research to design to testing and production. In the sections to follow we'll do just that, highlighting the role of the engineer.

Following the description of the product development cycle, we'll also go through engineering functions that are discipline specific and that cut across a range of products.