Remote Process Engineer - Molding & Validation

Viant Medical; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Viant Medical is seeking a Senior Principal Process Engineer to lead advanced process development for molding and manufacturing programs. You will drive expert scientific molding, cavity pressure control, and DOE execution, while guiding tooling design, process validation, and regulatory compliance.

This role interfaces with Viant, customers, tool shops, and internal teams. The position requires 10+ years in molding environments, bilingual English/Spanish, and willingness to travel up to 75%

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related plastics discipline or 4-year engineering degree or equivalent completion of a 4,000 hour or 2-year process engineering apprenticeship.
• Certification from a school in advanced molding or RJG Master Molder 2 (or equivalent).
• Certification in Basic Mold Flow (or equivalent) is a plus.
• Certification in Master Molding 3 is a plus.
• Fully bilingual (English & Spanish).

Responsibilities

• Lead the process development cycle
• Evaluate processes for robustness, accuracy, and optimization
• Initiate improvement projects
• Quality/Metrology support: Assist site QE on KPI/KPO impacting part quality and process control
• Partner with GTS/Site Tooling Engineer on design requirements
• Partner with Tool Engineer on design and development requirements
• Support business development by selling tooling solutions and resolving processing issues
• Support corrective actions, re-validations, and tool/process optimization
• Oversee process development through I.Q. and O.Q. runs; report required
• Complete other related projects and tasks assigned
• Demonstrate expert knowledge and performance
• Apply scientific molding (Decoupled 2 and Decoupled 3)
• Expert in cavity pressure monitoring and control (RJG)
• Join technical reviews with customers and mold shops
• Support DFM and tool design reviews with Tool Engineers
• Support molding cell development and execution
• Support EOAT design and fabrication
• Manage mold shop deliverables and expectations (SIM reports)
• Confirm receiving-site requirements (press/shot size/tonnage/special sequence) and machine capability studies
• Develop processes, review Moldflow data for start-up and debug
• Travel to customer sites, tool shops, and Viant facilities as needed; trip report required
• Prepare, track, and communicate Process DOEs, report results and recommendations
• Manage multiple concurrent projects (minimum 20 active)

Skills

Scientific molding

Injection molding

DOE methods

Cavity pressure monitoring

Statistical analysis

English & Spanish bilingual

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related plastics discipline

RJG Master Molder 2 or equivalent

Basic Mold Flow certification

Master Molding 3 certification

4,000 hour or 2-year process engineering apprenticeship

Tools

SolidWorks

Moldflow

3D printing software

RJG tooling/related

Job description

Viant Medical is seeking a Senior Principal Process Engineer to lead advanced process development for molding and manufacturing programs. You will drive expert scientific molding, cavity pressure control, and DOE execution, while guiding tooling design, process validation, and regulatory compliance.

This role interfaces with Viant, customers, tool shops, and internal teams. The position requires 10+ years in molding environments, bilingual English/Spanish, and willingness to travel up to 75%