Tooling Engineering Engineer in R&D (M/F/D)

Valeo; Chrzanów; Ibrido; PLN 134.000 - 223.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Hybrid work (4 days in office)

International production company

Training opportunities

Private medical care

Descrizione del lavoro

Valeo Lighting Systems Poland is expanding its Development Center and seeks engineers with strong expertise in injection molding, mold design, and tooling. The role focuses on validating plastic injection components, optimizing mold design, and coordinating supplier actions to meet milestones.

You will work in a role that blends design validation, process tuning, and project reporting, with opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement and best practices within a high-tech automotive

Competenze

• Higher technical education in Mechanical, Production, Plastics Processing or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in engineering, injection molding processes, or tooling development.
• Experience in the automotive industry and injection mold development.

Mansioni

• Check and validate the design of plastics injection components for tooling manufacturability.
• Analyze rheology simulations to guide design optimization and mold standardization.
• Define SVRF for mold suppliers in coordination with tooling buyer and mechanical lead.
• Monitor OT1 parts and drive corrective actions with suppliers until completion.
• Ensure mold tooling validation including design validation, top milling, and reception.

Conoscenze

Mechanical engineering

Injection molding understanding

Mold design and tooling

English fluency

Analytical and communication skills

Independent and proactive

Formazione

Higher technical education in Mechanical/Production Engineering or Plastics Processing

Descrizione del lavoro

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers worldwide. As a technology company, we design innovative solutions for smart mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. The Group also provides and distributes spare parts for automakers and independent aftermarket operators.

Valeo Lighting Systems

The plant produces front and rear car lights using advanced technology of metallization, assembly and plastic injection including multicomponent and multi-color injections. It also has a fully equipped measurement laboratory with a unique photometric testing tunnel. As a result of growth, Valeo Lighting Systems is currently opening a new Development Center, which focuses on developing and manufacturing lighting systems for passenger cars.

Key Responsibilities

• To check and validate the design of plastics injection components with regard to the injection process and the tooling manufacturability
• To analyze the rheology simulations in order to orient the design optimization , Standard for Valeo requirement file , standard components for molds , design rules
• To define the SVRF for molds suppliers sourcing in coordination with the Tooling Buyer and Mechanical Design Leader
• To analyze the OT1 part, to define and follow the corrective action plan with supplier until completion
• To ensure the mold tooling validation (Design validation, top milling , reception)
• To setup the molds tooling after arrival in Valeo Plant and tune all the relevant injection parameters until all the process/product objectives are achieved and pass process audit and initial samples milestones
• To respect the projects planning and in particular all the milestones and deliverables related to plastic injection
• To ensure the capitalization and standardization of the best practices - To contribute to the improvement plan
• To make the reporting to his hierarchy (status, performance, effectiveness and efficiency) and propose associated action plans
• To contribute to all the quality standards to guarantee to the Customer, products and services in conformity
• To respects all standards and regards to the management of the environment and prevention of the risks in order to guarantee the good performance of the system of Health Safety Environment management
• Other responsibilities according to competences , professional experience and business needs - prior agreed between employee and N+1
• Fulfill the KPI’s
• To support Management on some tasks agreed like KPI follow up, Moldmaker performances, training plans, hours budgets

Join Our Team If Have

• Higher technical education, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Plastics Processing, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a position related to engineering, injection molding processes, or tooling development.
• Professional experience in the automotive industry.
• Experience in the development, design, and implementation of injection molds.
• Practical knowledge of plastic injection molding technology, including process start-up, setup, tuning, and optimization.
• Knowledge of the principles of designing and manufacturing injection molds.
• Fluent English, both spoken and written.
• Very strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Independence, proactivity, and strong decision-making skills.

We Can Offer You

• Hybrid work (4 days from the office)
• Employment in an international production company with high quality standards of work, a leading multinational hightech automotive supplier
• Attractive working conditions and benefits: possibility to work remotely, participation in internal and external trainings, subsidies for MyBenefit cafeteria (including Multisport card), additional health and life insurance, private medical care (Medicover), Employee Retirement Program (PPE) and other social benefits

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