General Product Development Engineer - Plastics

Zenith Home Corp; Holloway Terrace (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacations and holidays

Employee discounts

Job summary

Mayzon is seeking a Plastic Product Development Engineer to help manage the transition of innovative plastic products into volume manufacturing. You will contribute to design for manufacturability, material selection, mold/tool design, and supplier execution to ensure manufacturable designs for injection molding.

The role involves leading mold development with suppliers, assessing mold performance, and driving Design Transfer as projects move to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Plastics, Mechanical or Manufacturing) required.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in plastic injection molded part development and design.
• Strong understanding of plastic materials.
• 2+ years knowledge and experience in plastics.
• Experience working with suppliers (mold builders, material suppliers, equipment suppliers) a plus.
• Experience in a fast-paced, sales driven, manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects while maintaining customer deadlines.
• Hands-on with prototype building and laboratory testing.

Responsibilities

• Be an integral part of the Product Engineering team, engineer product, provides appropriate design for manufacturing principles, manufacturing feasibility, and input on applicable plastics manufacturing methods.
• Explore/introduce advanced plastic molding technologies in support of Mayzon product development.
• Review/assess/approve mold performance and mold flow analysis.
• Liaison between tool shop, supplier, Product Development and Manufacturing.
• Developing cost for plastic and materials/products and labor to ensure profitability of the products to interface with design team to minimize manufacturing cost.
• Supporting all aspects of the manufacturing environment, as well as investigating and providing feedback on all quality related questions.
• Provide leadership internally and at suppliers during tool and process development to quickly resolve all technical issues.
• Lead & work with global plastic injection molders and tooling suppliers to develop robust production molds at competitive costs.
• Function as technical liaison with the supplier and product development on tooling and manufacturing process development, assuring the capability of the process to produce parts to specification of projects.
• Help drive Design Transfer activities as project moves from development to volume production.
• Work with Supply Chain managers to identify capacity opportunities and to evaluate technical and manufacturing capabilities that support growth plans.

Skills

Plastic injection molding

Design for manufacturability

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Supplier liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

Job description

General Product Development Engineer - Plastics

Mayzon is seeking a Plastic Product Development Engineer to play an important role in helping to assure the smooth and successful management of innovative products into volume manufacturing. In this role you will be an integral part of the product design, material selection, mold / tool design, and supplier execution process. Provide valuable input to the design team on manufacturing methods and in helping arrive at a manufacturable design specific to plastic injection molding.

Responsibilities

• Be an integral part of the Product Engineering team, engineer product, provides appropriate design for manufacturing principles, manufacturing feasibility, and input on applicable plastics manufacturing methods.
• Explore/introduce advanced plastic molding technologies in support of Mayzon product development
• Review/assess/approve mold performance and mold flow (i.e. part fill, warp, pressure, balance) analysis
• Liaison between tool shop, supplier, Product Development and Manufacturing
• Developing cost for plastic and materials/products and labor to ensure profitability of the products to interface with design team to minimize manufacturing cost
• Supporting all aspects of the manufacturing environment, as well as investigating and providing feedback on all quality related questions
• Provide leadership internally and at suppliers during tool and process development to quickly resolve all technical issues.
• Lead & work with global plastic injection molders and tooling suppliers to develop robust production molds at competitive costs.
• Function as technical liaison with the supplier and product development on tooling and manufacturing process development, assuring the capability of the process to produce parts to specification of projects
• Help drive Design Transfer activities as project moves from development to volume production
• Work with Supply Chain managers to identify capacity opportunities and to evaluate technical and manufacturing capabilities that support growth plans

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Plastics, Mechanical or Manufacturing) required
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in plastic injection molded part development and design
• Strong understanding of plastic materials
• 2+ years knowledge and experience in plastics
• Knowledge of wood processing (materials and equipment) is a plus
• Experience working with suppliers (mold builders, material suppliers, equipment suppliers) a plus
• Experience in a fast‑paced, sales driven, manufacturing environment
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects while maintaining customer deadlines
• Strong computer skills required, specifically SolidWorks and Microsoft Office
• Hands‑on with prototype building and laboratory testing

Zenith offers a competitive health care benefits package, a 401(k) plan, paid vacations and holidays, employee discounts, among other fringe benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Drug Free Workplace