Tooling Engineer

Alentra; City of Auburn (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Generous PTO

401K match

Job summary

Alentra is seeking a Tooling Engineer to lead the design, build, and qualification of production and prototype plastic injection molds. The role requires strong knowledge of mold design, 3D CAD, and project management to meet internal and external customer requirements.

The successful candidate will collaborate with R&D, Operations, and tooling partners, review drawings, manage budgets, and ensure mold performance and quality of molded parts.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of mold design principles and tooling
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Attention to detail in drawings, specs, and documentation
• Clear oral and written communication, presentation skills
• Proficient in 3D CAD and data analysis tools
• SolidWorks experience with plastics tooling is preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage mold design, build, and qualification activities
• Obtain vendor quotes, issue PO9s, review vendor proposals and ensure mold performance
• Review drawings/specs to determine feasibility and requirements
• Maintain project budgets and schedules and report progress
• Create and maintain tooling documentation and work instructions
• Schedule and lead mold design reviews and support tooling trials
• Support tooling troubleshooting and manufacturing guidance
• Collaborate across toolroom, production, and sub-suppliers

Skills

Mold design

Project management

Detail oriented

Communication

SolidWorks

3D CAD

Education

AAS in Product Design/Mechanical Eng

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Job Summary:

Tooling Engineer is responsible for leading and managing all activities required during the Design, Build and Qualification of both production & prototype plastic injection molds to meet internal & external customer requirements.

A motivated engineer with knowledge and experience with injection mold tooling, plastic part design, 3D modeling, product design, machining, polymer materials, and project management will enable an applicant to excel in the role.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with internal and external customers to understand needs relative to current tooling and new projects & create specifications, models, drawings.
• Obtains vendor quotes, issues PO’s, reviews and critiques submitted mold vendor design proposals and assures functional mold performance and adherence to established mold construction standards.
• Reviews customer drawings, specifications, control drawings and other applicable specifications determine requirements and/or feasibility of a component, device, assembly.
• Maintains project budgets and timing schedules and reports to Project Management as needed.
• Designs studies, tolerance stack-ups, layouts, drawings, calculations, weight estimates, supporting documentation, solids & surfaces, etc., are to be completed on 2-D/3-D CAD or other fitting computer applications, and complies with ANSI & ISO standards, as required.
• Keeps supervisor advised of work status, workload, concerns, and progress as related to work/project assignments. May provide direction to project teams on necessary next steps and/or updates to project action items.
• Understands limits / fits, tolerance stack up analysis. Understanding of Geometric Dimensional Tolerancing (GDT) and application for inspection setup and tolerancing allowances of molded components
• Create and maintain detailed documentation, including specifications, drawings, and work instructions related to tooling and injection molding processes.
• Schedule and Lead Mold Design Reviews, continually updating a standard document to follow.
• Support tooling trials, validations, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance and quality of molded parts.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to manufacturing teams, assisting in the resolution of tooling-related issues and production challenges.
• Collaborate with other departments (toolroom, scheduling, production) and/or sub-suppliers during the design, build, and sampling of new tooling projects Including refurbishment of existing molds.
• Work with R&D and Operations Engineering, evaluate and interpret Quality Department part measurement results and develop & lead necessary tool grooming plan to achieve full part approval.
• Collaborate with PD Engineers over design of parts, components, and assemblies for use in production tooling and equipment including but not limited to:
  • Analyze Mold flow & FEA results to ensure & include any modifications necessary to the mold.
  • QC inspection gages and fixtures.
  • Reverse engineer machine parts as needed to support production.
  • Evaluation of mold production issues and offering of design solutions
  • "Responsible for ensuring all production related processes are in place, supported and being executed prior to handing off to production. Including but not limited to mold maintenance requirements, process control / documentation, & downstream processes."

Minimum Qualification Standards:

• Strong knowledge of mold design principles – experience in tool design review activities. Supervisory experience in tooling related activities.
• Strong analytical/troubleshooting skills, mechanical aptitude
• Accurate and paying attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication abilities, including presentation skills.
• Strong computer application skills.
• Solid understanding of Plastic Part Design / Injection Molding Guidelines.
• Knowledgeable in the use of 3D CAD packages & Data Analysis software (solid works preferred).
• Team player

Contribute to the overall success of the company by performing all assigned duties in a professional, timely, and accurate manner.

Education:

• 3-5 years related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• AAS or equivalent in a Product Design/Mechanical Engineering discipline and be experienced in product development.
• 3-5yrs experience with Tool Designing, Part Design using SolidWorks® 3D CAD.
• Plastics IM, EBM, ISBM, & IBM part design experience is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in medium/high volume Medical, Pharmaceutical or Food Industry
• Proven experience in Mechanical, Plastics/Materials Engineering and tooling
• Experience of plastic injection mold tooling and equipment troubleshooting
• Experience of polymer parts design for quality molding (design for manufacture)

Standard Health, Dental, Vision Benefits.

Generous PTO.

401K Match.