In-House Injection Mold Tooling Engineer - Platforms

Plastic Executive Recruiters; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Plastic Executive Recruiters seeks an experienced injection mold tooling designer for high-volume production. You will design mold bases, reusable platforms, and gating/ cooling layouts, collaborating with in-house mold makers and engineers.

Strong SolidWorks skills and experience with hot runners and modular tooling are required. Relocation assistance is available; candidacies from across the country are considered for confidential posting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of injection mold design, mold making, or advanced tooling experience.
• Strong understanding of mold construction, bases, cores, cavities, shutoffs, cooling, venting, and ejection.
• Advanced SolidWorks experience required.
• Ability to design tooling with manufacturability, mold performance, and long-term serviceability in mind.
• Experience with hot runner systems and high-volume molding; Mastercam is a plus.
• Degree preferred, but equivalent mold design or mold making experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Design injection mold bases and tooling platforms for high-volume production.
• Develop standardized and reusable tooling concepts including mold bases, inserts, and interchangeable cavities systems.
• Create complete mold layouts including gating, cooling, venting, ejection, cores, and cavities.
• Develop 3D models, assemblies, and detailed tooling drawings in SolidWorks.
• Work directly with the internal toolroom throughout mold design, machining, assembly, and validation.
• Design around hot runner systems and high-volume molding requirements.
• Apply DFM, tolerance analysis, and root cause problem solving to improve tooling performance.
• Support tooling standardization and reuse to reduce lead times and capital investment.

Skills

SolidWorks

Mold design

Mold making

High-volume molding

DFM / tolerance analysis

Injection molding processes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Mastercam

Job description

Plastic Executive Recruiters seeks an experienced injection mold tooling designer for high-volume production. You will design mold bases, reusable platforms, and gating/ cooling layouts, collaborating with in-house mold makers and engineers.

Strong SolidWorks skills and experience with hot runners and modular tooling are required. Relocation assistance is available; candidacies from across the country are considered for confidential posting.