Senior Mold Tooling Engineer — Rubber Compression Molds

FOCAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FOCAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD. is seeking a mold design engineer to own the design and development of two- and three-plate compression molds used in EPDM, NBR, HNBR and FKM compounds for semiconductor tooling applications.

You will work with in-house engineering and manufacturing teams, supervise technicians, and oversee fabrication, trials, and corrective actions to ensure reliable molding performance.

Qualifications

• Review drawings, tolerances and material specs to ensure mold design feasibility.
• Develop two-plate and three-plate compression mold concepts, assemblies and BOMs in SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
• Define cavity arrangement, parting surfaces, inserts and venting for parts and compounds.
• Establish shrinkage allowances using production data and trial measurements.
• Select tooling materials, heat treatments and surface finishes with manufacturing teams and suppliers.
• Verify mold compatibility with presses, including usable area and handling arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Review designs with toolroom to ensure machining access and tolerances are achievable.
• Standardize components and simplify features to improve quality, lead time or cost.
• Coordinate fabrication and external tooling suppliers, resolve queries and review inspection results.
• Investigate tooling nonconformances and determine corrective actions with the team.
• Maintain design files, revision histories and technical records through fabrication and modification.
• Lead trials with technicians and production to establish sample requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Document trial conditions, findings and required changes; prepare tooling acceptance and handover materials.
• Diagnose tooling and molding issues, separating design/fabrication causes from process variations.
• Aim to improve cycle time, usable cavity output and material usage while preserving quality.

Skills

Mold design

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Tooling design

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

FOCAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD. is seeking a mold design engineer to own the design and development of two- and three-plate compression molds used in EPDM, NBR, HNBR and FKM compounds for semiconductor tooling applications.

You will work with in-house engineering and manufacturing teams, supervise technicians, and oversee fabrication, trials, and corrective actions to ensure reliable molding performance.