Senior Injection Molding Engineer - Global Medical Devices

Atrium Staffing LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Atrium Care Package

Job summary

Atrium Staffing LLC is seeking a Senior Injection Molding Engineer for a 6-month contract in the Greater Boston area. You will be the go-to expert for injection mold tooling, molding cells, and plastic part design across a global supplier base, partnering with Quality, Sourcing, and Lifecycle Engineering to launch tooling and capital equipment.

This role requires 8+ years in plastics tooling and silicone molding, hands-on expertise with scientific injection molding, and strong RCA skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in plastics injection mold tooling or part design.
• Experience with silicone manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on experience with scientific injection molding.
• Strong RCA skills and risk assessment experience.
• Willing to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Senior Injection Molding Engineer and plastics subject matter expert for tooling and part design.
• Guide suppliers on optimizing silicone parts and tooling for scalable, high-volume manufacturing.
• Use tooling design and DFM tools to design and standardize robust molds.
• Run Moldflow simulations, write risk assessments, and propose design mitigations.
• Develop standards for tool management, including tool specifications, FAT acceptance, and lessons-learned rollout.
• Plan and execute tool kickoffs aligned to component demand and production ramp.
• Partner with commodity managers on a pipeline of cost savings initiatives.
• Expand the use of cavity pressure technology across the global supply base.
• Lead specifications and designs for complete molding cells, including automation and vision inspection systems.
• Lead structured root cause analysis and corrective actions with suppliers.
• Ensure suppliers have accurate prints and BOMs.

Skills

8+ years experience

Silicone molding

Scientific molding

Root cause analysis

Tooling programs

Supplier leadership

Travel 40%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Plastics/Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Moldflow

Job description

Atrium Staffing LLC is seeking a Senior Injection Molding Engineer for a 6-month contract in the Greater Boston area. You will be the go-to expert for injection mold tooling, molding cells, and plastic part design across a global supplier base, partnering with Quality, Sourcing, and Lifecycle Engineering to launch tooling and capital equipment.

This role requires 8+ years in plastics tooling and silicone molding, hands-on expertise with scientific injection molding, and strong RCA skills.