Senior Injection Molding Process Engineer

Syntagma Group; West Virginia; On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntagma Group seeks a Process Engineer – Injection Molding to develop, optimize, and sustain manufacturing processes ensuring product quality and efficiency. You will apply scientific molding, DOE, and robust problem solving to drive process improvements, support NPI, and transfer processes into production with strict quality and safety standards.

Key responsibilities include leading molding trials, IQ/OQ/PQ, and CAPA implementation while collaborating with Quality, Manufacturing, and R&D teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of injection molding, process engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong understanding of injection molding processes, scientific molding, and process optimization.
• Experience troubleshooting molding defects, tooling issues, and manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with process validation, IQ/OQ/PQ, and controlled documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and sustain injection molding processes to improve product quality, cycle times, throughput, and OEE.
• Apply scientific molding, DOE, process capability studies, and statistics to establish robust processes.
• Troubleshoot defects, equipment issues, material variations, and deviations; perform root cause analysis and implement CAPA.
• Lead molding trials, process development activities, equipment qualifications, and process validations (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Optimize mold performance, tooling, automation, and end-of-arm tooling; support NPI and production transfer.

Skills

Process optimization

Scientific molding

DOE

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Hot runner systems

Mold tooling

Injection molding equipment

Robot systems & end-of-arm tooling

Process monitoring & SPC

Job description

Syntagma Group seeks a Process Engineer – Injection Molding to develop, optimize, and sustain manufacturing processes ensuring product quality and efficiency. You will apply scientific molding, DOE, and robust problem solving to drive process improvements, support NPI, and transfer processes into production with strict quality and safety standards.

Key responsibilities include leading molding trials, IQ/OQ/PQ, and CAPA implementation while collaborating with Quality, Manufacturing, and R&D teams