Tooling Engineer

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Tooling Engineer located in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer moderately complex tooling protocols for molds, jigs, and fixtures as per product specifications.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) evaluation.
• Validation for the molding designs and troubleshooting tooling issues.
• Implement cost effective tool design changes.
• Collaborate with other team members to qualification, sampling, and final part approval.
• Provide status reports as per established schedule.
• Prepare and maintain documentation related to tool room equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience and training for 8+ years of related experience in thermoplastics, thermosets, injection molding (e.g. product design, validation of tools), mold flows, troubleshooting and resolving tooling issues, strong familiarity with molding processes.
• Proficient with use of the tools, experience with electronic assembly: color code, component, and schematics.
• Experience with PCB operations. Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer.
• Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools.
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: taps and dies, alignment tools, measuring tools.

Qualifications

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience and training for 8+ years of related experience in thermoplastics, thermosets, injection molding (e.g. product design, validation of tools), mold flows, troubleshooting and resolving tooling issues, strong familiarity with molding processes.
• Proficient with use of the tools, experience with electronic assembly: color code, component, and schematics.
• Experience with PCB operations. Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer.
• Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools.
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: taps and dies, alignment tools, measuring tools.

Skills

• Thermoplastics, Thermosets, Injection Molding
• Product Design, Validation of Tools
• Mold Flows, Troubleshooting and Resolving Tooling Issues
• Strong Familiarity with Molding Processes
• Electronic Assembly: Color Code, Component, Schematics
• PCB Operations: Testing, Oscilloscope, Cable and Harness Testing, Trouble Shooting, Component Testing, Logic Analyzer
• Inspection: Bare Board, Systems, Components, Cable and Harness, Microscope, Measuring Tools
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: Taps and Dies, Alignment Tools, Measuring Tools

Benefits

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law.

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