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Tooling Engineer

The Mice Groups Inc
Southfield, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2025

Job Title : Sr. Plastics Engineer Tooling and Process

Location : Michigan

The Role :

  • Be a significant contributor to a world-class vehicle engineering team by supporting with plastics tool expertise and owning polymer-related aspects from part design for manufacturing (DFM) phase to product launch.
  • Consult with design engineers and suppliers throughout the product development process, advising on process and tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency, and cost.
  • Evaluate flow studies and mold designs before tool approval and kick-off.
  • Ensure plastic tooling is compliant with Tool Standards.
  • Take a methodical approach to documentation.
  • Support internal non-engineering teams and represent the material team in communication with suppliers (including on-site visits).

Qualifications :

  • B.S. in polymer engineering or related field, or equivalent proven experience.
  • 5 years experience evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs.
  • Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration, foaming, overmolding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes.
  • Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts.
  • Experience with flow simulation software (Autodesk MoldFlow).
  • Proven hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization.
  • Exemplary verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed.
  • Advantageous :

  • Experience working in an automotive development environment, ideally through the complete product development process.
  • Hands-on experience with the creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals.
  • Experience with tool should costing to understand the tool cost impact of part design choices.
  • Experience with other plastic manufacturing processes and their tooling (e.g., blow molding, thermal forming, vacuum forming, compression molding, slush molding).

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