Product Development Engineer - Thermoforming

What you will do

• Demonstrate Amcor’s values of Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability and Results & Outperformance in your work.
• Conduct design reviews where you will identify and translate abstract customer needs into defined CTQ’s and provide input on part features to improve the manufacturability of the parts.
• Lead new commercial tool introductions and oversee the process from start to finish on schedule through a stage gate process.
• Lead process development of the thermoforming operation through parameter optimization, DOE experiments, and trials that will lead to a robust and repeatable process for new product tools at both Amcor & co-manufacturing sites.
• Select vendors to fabricate the tooling and sign-off for acceptance of tooling.
• Work closely with production and quality on initial tool debugging, followed by process validation and establishing the optimal forming/trimming window and setting processing specifications.
• Work closely with engineering, sales, quality, and operations to ensure parts meet customer specifications.
• Provide expertise and recommendations on manufacturing equipment needed to support the current business and enable capability for future growth.
• Originate innovative ideas to support the R&D product innovation and technology strategy.
• Manage competing priorities while working on customer specific projects, platforms initiated by Amcor, cost take-out (CTO) initiatives and long-term product and process innovations.

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field is preferred.
• Thermoforming, part design and/or mold-making experience is preferred.
• 5+ years of industry experience in plastics manufacturing & processing (i.e., extrusion, thermoforming, and tooling).
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking skills & attention to detail.
• 30-50% travel - mostly domestic - to customer, Amcor & co-manufacturing sites.