Injection Mold Tool Design Engineer

Plastic Executive Recruiters; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Plastic Executive Recruiters is seeking a hands-on tooling design engineer in Oregon to design injection mold bases and tooling platforms for high-volume products, enabling faster launches and standardized platforms.

You will develop reusable tooling concepts, create 3D mold layouts, and deliver detailed SolidWorks drawings while collaborating with mold makers, machinists, and engineers. Relocation assistance is available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of injection mold design, mold making, or advanced tooling experience.

Responsibilities

• Design injection mold bases and tooling platforms for high-volume production.
• Develop standardized and reusable tooling concepts including mold bases, inserts, and interchangeable cavity 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

Injection mold design

SolidWorks

High-volume molding

Mold making

Modular tooling concepts

Mastercam

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Degree preferred but equivalent experience

Tools

Mastercam

SolidWorks

Job description

This is a hands-on tooling design role for someone who understands injection molds beyond simply designing plastic parts. You will help develop and standardize mold platforms that can be reused across a large portfolio of high-volume molded products, improving tooling efficiency, flexibility, and speed to launch.

The company designs and builds its tooling in-house, giving this person direct access to mold makers, machinists, programmers, and engineering throughout the entire process.

Relocation assistance is available.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design injection mold bases and tooling platforms for high-volume production
• Develop standardized and reusable tooling concepts including mold bases, inserts, and interchangeable cavity 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

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of injection mold design, mold making, or advanced tooling experience
• Strong understanding of injection mold construction, mold 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
• Strong understanding of injection molding processes and high-volume production
• Experience with hot runner systems preferred
• Experience with modular, standardized, or reusable tooling concepts is a plus, but not required
• Mastercam experience is a plus
• Degree preferred, but equivalent mold design or mold making experience will be considered

This role is being advertised in larger cities for confidentiality purposes and may not reflect the exact location of the facility.

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