Manufacturing Engineer III

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Product Development and Design Engineering to optimize the manufacturability of plastic parts, including material selection and feature optimization.
• Drive the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) of all new parts to be molded.
• Review and approve new tool designs and modifications.
• Lead projects to design, build, and commission injection and compression mold tooling, including obtaining tooling and part quotes from suppliers.
• Work collaboratively with Product Engineering and Supply Chain to scope and implement changes to released injection and compression tooling.
• Support engineering and quality team during plastic part approval process, including FAI/PPAP IQ, OQ, PQ Validation protocols & Statistical Process Control (Cpk).
• Apply engineering analysis to make data-driven design decisions.
• Use sound engineering principles and practices to develop practical solutions to complex problems and to develop new technologies that serve to evolve AFL’s product portfolio.
• Interface with cross-functional project teams consisting of product management, application engineering, process and manufacturing engineering, quality, and development engineering during all phases of product development, including ramp-up and release to manufacturing.
• Adhere to and promote the environmental, health & safety policies of AFL.
• Perform other engineering related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (or other similar technical discipline)
• 3+ years of experience designing and/or building injection mold tooling
• Parametric solid modeling experience (SolidWorks preferred)
• Knowledge of plastic material properties and applications
• Knowledge of plastic part design practices
• Knowledge or experience running mold flow simulation
• Knowledge of plastic part metrology
• Project management experience
• Experience working within an ISO-9001 quality management system
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and teamwork skills
• Effective time management and organizational skills