Molding Engineer

AMETEK; Reynosa; Presencial; MXN 1.103.000 - 1.697.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AMETEK Reynosa is seeking a Molding Engineer to develop and validate injection molding processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive continuous improvement. You will lead technical staff, review tooling, and ensure quality and regulatory compliance across NPI and process transfers.

The role requires 4 years in molding/injection, engineering degree, and strong knowledge of molding processes, tooling CAD tools, and English/Spanish bilingual communication.

Formación

• Engineering degree is required.
• 4 years of experience in molding/injection is required.
• Experience leading technical personnel is required.
• Advanced knowledge of molding injection processes is required.
• Knowledge of vertical injection machines and peripheral equipment is required.
• Familiarity with scientific molding is preferred.
• Knowledge of resins engineering and tooling design is required.
• Ability to review tooling CAD via SolidWorks or Creo.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, validate, improve, and sustain molding processes to ensure product quality and efficiency.
• Coordinate process validations and adjustments (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Plan and execute activities to reduce downtime from maintenance or process changes.
• Monitor KPIs and drive department goals and scrap control.
• Establish process control methods to meet production targets and quality goals.
• Troubleshoot molding defects and ensure proper records are kept.
• Develop process instructions for all molding operations.
• Review tooling designs and propose improvements as needed.
• Participate in project conferences to address tooling issues and suggest solutions.
• Coordinate process audits for new changes to ensure proper start-up.

Conocimientos

Molding Injection

Process Validation

Team Leadership

Tooling Design

SolidWorks/Creo

MS Office

English/Spanish bilingual

AI tool usage

Educación

Engineering degree

Herramientas

SolidWorks

Creo

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

The Molding Engineer is responsible for developing, validating, improving, and sustaining molding processes to ensure product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. This position works closely with Production, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, and Product Development teams to support new product introductions, process transfers, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Establish, implement, monitor, and improve the procedures from injection processes.
• Coordinate process validations and process adjustments through IQ, OQ & PQ.
• Plan and implement activities or projects to reduce down times due to maintenance and/or changes over.
• Control KPI’s from process department, establish and follow up work plans to accomplish department goals
• Establish control methods on parameters that allow keep the stability on the process to accomplish Production goals and scrap limits.
• Elaborate troubleshooting of the defects on molding process.
• Responsible that his subordinates follow the work instructions and properly fill up the stablished records.
• Elaborate Process Instructions for all molding processes.
• Review of tooling designs and as needed propose tool design modifications
• As needed, join project team conference calls to summarize issues with the tooling and suggest improvement options
• Coordinate process audits every change over to ensure the proper operation start.
• Elaborate and update Control Plan and PFMEA’s.

Requirements

• Engineering degree
• 4 years experience on molding injection area
• Experience on leading technical personnel
• Advanced knowledge on Molding Injection processes.(Is a must)
• Knowledge in the operation of vertical injection machines and peripheral equipment such as dryers, thermoregulators and resin loaders.
• Knowledge in scientific molding method (preferrable)
• Knowledge on Engineering of resins
• Knowledge of tooling design
• Ability to review tooling CAD via Solidworks or Creo
• Proficient on MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Able to stablish business conversations in English
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

Molding Engineer position must have

• Experience with injection molding process development and optimization.
• Knowledge of Scientific Molding, SPC, PFMEA, and process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Experience supporting new product introductions and process transfers.
• Ability to troubleshoot molding processes and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 and FDA regulations.
• Experience with automation and tooling improvements is preferred.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• English/Spanish bilingual as a must.
• May require up to 10% travel.

Compensation

• Currency: USD
• Salary Minimum: Market
• Salary Maximum: Market
• Incentive: No
• Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.