Manufacturing

Senior Tool and Mold Designer

$100,000-$120,000/yr.
Santa Rosa, CA (On-site)
Full Time

Our client is a leader in the Plastic Injection Molding industry specializing in Medical Device and other custom manufactured parts.

We are currently looking for a Senior Tool and Mold Designer to ensure that the quality processes are strategically aligned with the company as a whole and external clients’ needs.

Salary: $100k – $120k

Responsibilities

  • Participate in design and process review to ensure correct specifications for each project.
  • Develop manufacturing procedures; tooling, fixtures, and process to meet customer expectations.
  • Develop and maintain tooling Preventative Maintenance processes and schedules.
  • Develop tooling standards; interact with off-shore, local, and other divisions for tooling needs. • Engineering Change Management; estimating costs, vendor selection, and scheduling.
  • Update and maintain customer tooling audits.
  • Work with Program Management supporting requirements related to NPD/NPI projects.
  • Owns the CAD file management for Tooling including file revisions and updates.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience within the manufacturing industry.

Required Skills

  • 5+ years’ experience in Plastics Injection Molding manufacturing environment.
  • Proficient in CAD, including but not limited to Mold Designs and SolidWorks.
  • Knowledge of DFM, hot runners, collapsible cores, unscrewing mechanism, valve gates, molding, and over molding plastics.
  • Knowledge of post-molding operations such as: ultrasonic welding, assembly, pad printing, laser marking, machining, etc.
  • Experience with reversed engineering, analysis, and overlapping 3D files.
  • Able to manage multiple projects and meet defined deliverables.
  • Understanding of scientific molding and validation protocols using IQ, OQ, PQ.
  • Limited physical effort, able to carry at least 50 lbs.
  • Travel +/- 15%