Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Mold Design

Dynomax Inc; Wheeling (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life insurance

401(k) Plan with generous company-mact

Paid holidays, vacation days, PTO days

Optional FSA and Identity Theft Protec

Optional Short Term Disability, Accd.,

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Dynomax Inc is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead design and lifecycle management of injection molding tools for electrical components. The role emphasizes creating robust mold designs, supporting manufacturability, and driving tool maintenance and process improvements.

Qualified candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering (plastics preferred) and at least two years of mold design experience in injection molding, with SolidWorks experience and familiarity with Epicor ERP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Plastics Engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in mold design within an injection molding environment.
• Knowledge of mold assembly and its effects on processing capabilities.
• Knowledge of engineering grade materials including thermosets, thermoplastics, silicone, PEEK, Teflon.
• Experience with CAD Software (SolidWorks preferred).

Responsibilities

• Review and quote new mold tool requests.
• Design injection molds for new parts to customer print and specifications.
• Participate in design reviews, ensuring molds meet customer requirements while designing for manufacturability.
• Establish tool maintenance metrics and design repairs for mold tools.
• Design and develop layouts, drawings, and documentation for components using SolidWorks.
• Use Epicor ERP to create Methods of Manufacture (MOM) and routing packets.
• Track inventory of tooling components and ensure parts are stocked.
• Recommend design standard updates and process improvements in a CI environment.

Skills

Mold design

Design for manufacturability

Continuous improvement

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Plastics Engineering degree (preferred)

Tools

SolidWorks

Epicor ERP

Job description

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER - INJECTION MOLD DESIGN

Dynomax is a full-service injection molder in the aerospace and defense industries. We perform all mold building, injection molding, automation, maintenance and repair in-house, which enables us to control the entire process for exceptional quality assurance. We have an opportunity available for a Manufacturing Engineer, who will be responsible for design and life cycle management of injection molding tools for the production of electrical components.

Manufacturing Engineer Responsibilities:

• Review and quote new mold tool requests
• Design injection molds for new parts to customer print and specifications
• Participate in design reviews, ensuring that injection molds can produce parts that meet customer requirements while designing for manufacturability
• Establish tool maintenance metrics, assess damaged or broken mold tools, and design repairs of mold tools
• Design and development engineering layouts, drawings, and documentation for components, assemblies, and subassemblies using CAD system (Solidworks)
• Utilize ERP system (Epicor) to create Methods of Manufacture (MOM) and routing packets
• Track inventory of tooling components, including blank blocks, core pins, etc and ensure necessary parts are stocked
• In a Continuous Improvement environment, recommend design standard updates and recommend improvements to processes

Manufacturing Engineer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Plastics Engineering degree preferred
• Minimum of 2years’ experience in mold design within an injection molding environment
• Knowledge of mold assembly and its effects on processing capabilities
• Knowledge of engineering grade materials including thermosets, thermoplastics, silicone, PEEK, Teflon
• Experience with CAD Software (Solidworks preferred)

Benefits Include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) Plan with a generous Company match
• Paid holidays, vacation days, PTO days
• Optional FSA and Identity Theft Protection
• Optional Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus

Manufacture a great career with Dynomax!

Dynomax provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.