Engineer, Plastics Tooling

Dover Corporation; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corp in California seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to drive injection molding tooling development, supplier qualification, and process improvements. You will lead audits, implement test protocols, and support design-for-manufacturing initiatives across projects.

The role emphasizes cost reduction, quality enhancement, and cross-functional collaboration to meet production goals and timelines.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in injection molding process and tooling development
• Direct involvement in qualifying tooling during the molding processes
• Experience with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling operating in 100–400-ton machines

Responsibilities

• Set guidelines and general work practices to ensure supplier compliance with quality standards.
• Manage new supplier qualifications and alternate material qualifications.
• Perform supplier and tooling audits and drive lean, cost-saving improvements in quality, delivery, and cost.
• Establish testing protocols to quantify product performance capabilities.
• Manage injection molding processes and tooling development.
• Lead transfer of product lines, tool transfers, equipment transfers, internal and external.
• Drive cost-saving projects to achieve productivity targets and standardization.
• Develop manufacturing processes to reduce costs and improve quality.
• Implement material testing and flow analysis.
• Provide NPI support and design for manufacturing initiatives.
• Communicate project status and resolve issues that impede deliverables.
• Ensure project documents are complete and stored properly.
• Develop understanding of products and comply with standard policies.

Skills

Injection molding

Tooling development

Quality audits

Cost reduction

NPI support

Project leadership

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

B.S. in Industrial Engineering

Tools

Hot runner tooling

Cold runner tooling

Mold tooling equipment

Job description

Job Duties:

• Sets the guidelines and general work practices to ensure supplier compliance consistently meets our quality standards.
• Manages new supplier qualifications and alternate material qualifications
• Performs supplier quality audits & tooling audits - Works with key plastics suppliers to develop a lean culture that drives continuous improvement in quality, delivery, and cost.
• Establish application testing protocol and processes to quantify product performance capabilities.
• Manage injection molding processes and tooling development.
• Leads transfer of product lines, tool transfers, equipment transfers, both internal and external.
• Drives cost saving projects to achieve productivity targets, process standardization and best practices.
• Develop innovative manufacturing processes & solutions to reduce costs and improve product quality.
• Implement material testing and material flow analysis.
• Provide NPI support and lead design for manufacturing initiatives.
• Establish partnerships with internal and external resources.
• Support customer complaint resolution.
• Assist in application engineering efforts to improve product performance.
• Manage day-to-day operational measuring and monitoring of projects.
• Communicate project status and resolve issues that impede deliverables.
• Ensure that action item owners are managing recovery plans as applicable when and ensure that projects are organized, and deadlines are met.
• Provide weekly product development status meetings identifying project phase, tasks completed and project specs
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Develop an understanding of the products.
• Comply with and helps to enforce standard policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Experience Requirements:

• 3-5 years' experience in injection molding process and tooling development, productivity and cost savings strategies in a diversified manufacturing/distribution environment.
• Direct involvement in qualifying tooling during the molding processes.
• Experience working with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling operating in 100 - 400-ton plastic injection molding machines.

Education Requirements:

• BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.