Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Molding

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Provide feedback to Product Engineering where design issues exist that limit quality, reliability, or keep cost targets from being met.
• Work to develop, improve, and implement safety controls in manufacturing
• Support business unit initiatives for cost out, materials, and process productivity
• Ability to proactively drive projects with minimal guidance or supervision
• Responsible for all aspects of tooling and process development: concept, quoting, purchasing, design reviews, build, conditioning, validation, approval, and production release
• Design and complete capability studies/process and tooling validations to ensure capable processes. 
• Familiarity with measurement system analysis tools is preferred. 
• Work with the New Product Design team on new programs, ensuring design for manufacturability and design for automation opportunities
• Ensure product, tooling, and process documentation meet all our client Quality and Engineering system requirements
• Evaluate and recommend changes to existing mold tooling and tooling design to ensure that manufacturing capabilities meet the maximum capacity and cost objectives for the business unit
• Initiate and review design and mold constructions and significant modifications.
• Implement a controlled process to collaborate with Product Engineering on pending design changes.
• Work with the Global Molding Center Of Excellence and ensure deployment across the Business Unit.
• Participate in management meetings to identify standard process approaches and to identify key technology needs to reduce costs or capture new markets. 
• Responsibilities are subject to change based on Manufacturing needs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• 3-5 years of Engineering/Technical experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Must have knowledge of molding process theory, engineering grade resins, and auxiliary equipment.
• Capable of taking molding projects from concept through approval.
• RJG Methodology a Plus.
• Understanding of core processes (i.e., molding, stamping, plating, assembly)
• Proven and practical problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Self-directed and highly motivated
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; Confidence and ability to effectively communicate
• Must be willing and able to travel both domestically and globally as required (Travel <10%)
• Must be willing to participate in teleconference meetings to accommodate other time zones
• Able to evaluate product function and be able to make material recommendations to product engineering
• Working knowledge of LEAN and Six Sigma principles is a plus.
• Strong computer skills (CREO, CAD, project management, word processing, spreadsheets) 
• Must be proficient in the English language

What your background should look like:

• Must be willing to participate in teleconference meetings to accommodate other time zones
• Able to evaluate product function and be able to make material recommendations to product engineering
• Working knowledge of LEAN and Six Sigma principles is a plus.
• Strong computer skills (CREO, CAD, project management, word processing, spreadsheets) 
• Must be proficient in the English language

Competencies:

• Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork