Mold Designer III

About the role

Design various types of injection mold tools using Computer Aided Design (CAD) in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Creates complex mold and fixture designs per customer specifications and department standards; ensures high quality and accuracy of designs.
• Leads high complexity projects with multiple molds or dies and with multiple types of auxiliary tooling.
• Models complex product assemblies using Siemens NX CAD surfacing software.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of injection mold, wax die, & ceramic die types and their structures; manages high complexity projects (e.g., conventional slides/lifters, hot runner system, high cavitation molds, stack molds, high tolerance products, multi shot, complicated hand manipulated movements).
• Manages complex tool packages (e.g., multi tool package with multiple types of auxiliary tooling); effectively communicates with other groups involved in the process; ensures tool design is aligned with production requirements.
• Communicates with internal and external customers and effectively coordinates all information necessary to complete mold design.
• Makes recommendations for improvements to tooling concepts; effectively communicates improvements, benefits of improvements, and/or changes needed to the customer.
• Checks mold designs of other Designers for accuracy and adherence to design standards.
• Troubleshoots and modifies elements to resolve design issues.
• Mentors Mold Designers I & II and provides assistance to peer Mold Designers as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design or Mechanical Engineering and 5-8 years mold design experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience and 4 years as an experienced Tool Maker plus 7 years mold design experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Mold Flow software; experience running and crafting mold flow reports a plus.
• Proficient with Computer Aided Machining (CAM) programming for toolpath and Autodesk PowerMill a plus.
• Proficient with CAD solid modeling system; experience with NX CAD.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Pay

$81,793 - $106,331 (salaried, exempt)

Schedule

Full-Time On Site