Tooling Design Engineer

gpac; Creswell (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

gpac is seeking a Qualified Plastic Injection Designer/Engineer to join their team in a privately owned company with 35 years in business. The role focuses on building, repairing, and troubleshooting injection molds, including high-cavitation and complex tooling, with strong CAD and mold layout expertise.

Candidates should have HDPE molding experience, DFM/GD&T know-how, modular tooling architectures, and MasterCAM for machining and toolpath creation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years mold/tool maker experience building, repairing and troubleshooting injection molds.
• Experience with high-cavitation molds and complex tooling.
• CAD modeling with SolidWorks on complex assemblies.

Skills

Mold design

Mold tooling

SolidWorks

Gating cooling venting

DFM GD&T

Modular tooling

Tooling reuse

MasterCAM

Tools

SolidWorks

MasterCAM

Job description

A fantastic privately owned company, with 35 years in business in is seeking a Qualified Plastic Injection Designer/Engineer to join their team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Core Attributes Required

• 4+ Years mold/tool maker experienced and demonstrated ability to build, repair and troubleshoot injection molds
• High-cavitation mold experience and familiarity with complex, multi-cavity production tooling
• CAD model building expertise and strong SolidWorks capability with complex assemblies
• Full mold layout design of gating, cooling, venting, and ejection systems
• HDPE molding experience and understanding of flow behavior, shrink, cooling, and high-volume production needs
• DFM, GD&T analysis and ability to design for manufacturability and precision
• Modular tooling architecture experience with common mold bases, standardized inserts, interchangeable cavities
• Tooling reuse strategies for designing scalability and asset utilization
• MasterCAM experience - daily use for machining and toolpath creation

Must be eligible to work in the United States without restriction and without the need for current or future sponsorship.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.