Staff Tooling Engineer
Core
Manage the full lifecycle of tooling programs, including design, validation, maintenance, and continuous improvement for injection molding processes in a regulated manufacturing environment.
Role type
Staff Tooling Engineer
Builds
High-performance molds and tooling for medical devices and regulated manufacturing
Domain
Medical device manufacturing / Injection molding / Tooling
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Mold design and validation, CAD proficiency, engineering drawing interpretation, root cause analysis for plastic defects, supplier/vendor management, preventive maintenance planning, inventory auditing
Preferred skills
Inspection fixture design, testing equipment specification, polymer science, thermoplastics knowledge, metallurgy, heat transfer principles
Technologies
CAD tools, PC applications
Responsibilities
Manage tooling programs from design through release, conduct mold design reviews, coordinate with external mold builders, analyze quality issues and implement corrective actions, maintain mold history and documentation, execute mold inspections, audit supplier records and inventories, improve preventive maintenance programs
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight