R&D Workshop Lead Technician
Posted by Shimano North America Holding, Inc. on 06/12/2026
Job Basics
Industry Sector: Bike, Fishing, Lifestyle, Outdoor
Job Categories: Events, Management - Product -Brand, Marketing & Digital Marketing
Company Type: HardGoods/Equipment, Retail
State: WA
City: Bellingham
Country: United States
Required Experience: 3 - 5 years
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: $65,000-$80,000
Required to Relocate:
Required to Travel:
Employee May Telecommute: No
Job Seeker Must Live Within:
Job Description & Requirements
R&D Workshop Lead Technician
Bike Division
Shimano, Inc. is a global company offering the world’s sporting community with top labels and brands, including Shimano, G. Loomis, Power Pro, and Lazer Sports.
Shimano North America, Bike is seeking an R&D Workshop Lead Technician to join our team! At Shimano, we welcome your talent, innovation, and enthusiasm.
We offer an exceptional array of employee benefits and incentives and are proud to support our employees' health and happiness. We offer paid time off, medical, dental, vision, employer-matching 401k, wellness incentives, rideshare, and much more.
Job Summary:
The R&D Workshop Lead Technician will work in our new product development hub in Bellingham, Washington. The position has a wide range of duties including assembly and maintenance of test bikes, managing workshop supplies and inventory, shipping and receiving, on-site event logistics, and community engagement. The Shimano development hub is a small team of product managers working full time in Bellingham with frequent visitors from Shimano Japan, OEM bike brands, sponsored athletes, and test riders.
The product development workshop manager will be an active participant in the product development process. They will install, measure, and service all prototype components on test bikes. They will also share a role in test riding and feedback from both a rider and mechanic's point of view. Additionally, they should be an active member of the Bellingham riding and mechanic community and help represent the local voice in product development discussions. The workshop manager will also act as host and logistics lead for events held at the office. As managers of the workshop, they will maintain their own workstation, several other open work benches, suspension service station, wheel building station, shipping station, plus organization and storage of spare parts, supplies, and bikes.
Job Level:
Experienced
Essential Duties/ Responsibilities:
· Procuring, assembling, maintaining, diagnosing, repairing, measuring and cleaning Shimano’s fleet of mountain bikes (analog and EMTB) to a high level of functionality
· Managing workshop inventory
· General workshop organization and upkeep
· Reporting feedback from users, athletes, retailers, teams, OE partners and SCL experience to Shimano Product team
· Hosting Shimano employees, media, retailers and OE partners for test events
· Be a member of local MTB community
· Responsibilities will likely expand and/or shift as the role of the Shimano Bellingham Development Hub evolves
Qualifications:
· Highly experienced in technical service of modern mountain bicycles--professional level race tech experience preferred
· Experience with product from all major MTB component manufacturers
· Experience with EMTB (mechanical and electronic)
· 3+ years bicycle industry experience
· Active and passionate cyclist
· Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Education:
High School Diploma or related experience
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job. Shimano North America reserves the right to modify and change responsibilities and duties herein without notice.
The starting salary will be determined based on job responsibilities, skills, experience, qualifications, market conditions and work location.
Shimano North America is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
