Senior Design Engineer (Designer)

Corporate Profile  

SyBridge Technologies was established in 2019 by Crestview Partners to create a global technology leader that provides value-added design and manufacturing solutions across multiple industries. SyBridge is the combination of 16 acquisitions made to combine different products, services, and technologies into a singular technology-enabled solution. SyBridge is based in Southfield, Michigan and has 20 locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.sybridgetech.com.  

About Crestview Partners  

Founded in 2004, Crestview is a value-oriented private equity firm focused on the middle market. The firm is based in New York and manages funds with approximately $10 billion of aggregate capital commitments. The firm is led by a group of partners who have complementary experience and backgrounds in private equity, finance, operations, and management. Crestview has senior investment professionals focused on sourcing and managing investments in each of the specialty areas of the firm: industrials, media, and financial services. For more information, please visit us at www.crestview.com.  

In support of the Mission, Vision and Values of SyBridge Technologies Group of Companies, the Senior Design Engineer (Designer) is responsible for designing and making design changes to existing plastic injection molds using Solid Works software within the Engineering Department for SyBridge. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Senior Design Engineer ensures quality is a priority each and every time while also supporting the Program Managers to achieve accuracy of design, meet deadlines, and increase customer satisfaction.  

Key Responsibilities  

• Complete engineering projects such as designing tooling 

• Verify and check functional needs of manifold and ensure meets mold flow requirements 

• Modify and/or develop cooling and ejection system 

• Verify mechanisms function properly in the design 

• Understand and apply customer or SyBridge standards to the mold design 

• Verify mold meets customer & try-out locations press parameters 

• Incorporate machining and mold making best practices with consideration for best cost and timing 

• Independently attend customer reviews as needed 

• Incorporate all customer & SyBridge safety standards into all tool designs 

• Successfully maintain a fluctuating workload, multi-task on jobs and conflicting priorities, sufficient information to proceed with work 

• Confidence in being the key authority Ensuring adequate steel and seal-off conditions, water locations, ejection quantity/size, tool strength (pillars, manifold cutout, plate thickness), assembly feasibility, approve manifolds 

• Other duties as assigned  

Collaborations and Partnerships Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for interacting with internal personnel and customers at various stages to ensure quality tooling including providing documentation for customer approval 

• Work closely with Production Supervisor and manufacturing personnel to produce quality and cost-effective tooling 

• Support d train junior designers as needed 

• As needed, make appropriate personnel aware of any hardware /software inadequacies that hinder productivity 

Qualifications  

• 10 years of related experience designing tooling/plastic injection molds; or equivalent experience as high-level intermediate designer or higher level 

• 5 years of experience with CAD; Solid Works preferred 

• Must be able to work independently to scheduled workloads 

• Ability to perform under pressure and work independently  

• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines as required 

• Ability to ensure quality standards are met 

• Strong attention to detail is required 

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills 

• Proficient in time management and communication skills 

• Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check  

Our commitment to you…  

SyBridge Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind.  We are committed to the attitude of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at SyBridge are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, National origin, veteran or disability status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  SyBridge encourages applicants of all ages.  

This position will require prolonged computer use, standing for long periods of time, and walking in a manufacturing facility. Lifting as required lifting up to 50 pounds on occasion. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision. May need to climb stairs/steps periodically. May need to reach above shoulder heights and below the waist.  In accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), SyBridge Technologies will provide accommodations when requested by the employee. When the employee becomes aware of any disabilities that would affect them from performing their duties, they will advise SyBridge Technologies if accommodation is required.