Plastic Gear Design Engineer – Precision Systems

Top Prospect Group; Manchester (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Prospect Group in Manchester, CT seeks a Gear Engineer to design and optimize precision plastic gear systems for customer applications. You will develop gear designs, evaluate performance, and support tooling and manufacturing to meet customer and quality requirements.

You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Program Management, Quality, Tool Room, Molding, and Customers, travel as needed, and contribute to new gear applications and product development.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or related technical field OR 10+ years of relevant gear/quality engineering experience
• Strong knowledge of gear design principles and quality systems
• Experience with plastic injection molded gears strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Design single gears and complete gear mesh systems based on customer requirements
• Develop optimized gear designs for performance, wear, strength, and tolerance requirements
• Create gear data sheets for inspection and manufacturing
• Apply shrinkage factors to plastic gear cavity/tooling data
• Develop wire paths for spur gears, pulleys, and other gear cavities
• Design electrodes, hobs, and tooling data for helical, worm, and screw cavities
• Design gear trains for unscrewing molds
• Review inspection results and determine tool rework vs. deviation recommendations
• Modify cavity/tooling data based on inspection feedback
• Collaborate with Sales, Program Management, Quality, Tool Room, Molding, and Customers
• Provide technical support on new gear applications and customer product development
• Travel as needed to support customers/projects

Skills

Gear design principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Injection molded gears

Communication skills

Quality systems

Education

BS in Engineering or related technical field

10+ years gear/quality engineering experience

Tools

SolidWorks

KISSsoft

TK Solver

Web Gear

Excel / Word

Job description

Top Prospect Group in Manchester, CT seeks a Gear Engineer to design and optimize precision plastic gear systems for customer applications. You will develop gear designs, evaluate performance, and support tooling and manufacturing to meet customer and quality requirements.

You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Program Management, Quality, Tool Room, Molding, and Customers, travel as needed, and contribute to new gear applications and product development.