Plastics Engineer Job at Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group, Newark, CA

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  • Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
  • Newark, CA

Job Description

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.

· Consultation with design engineers and suppliers throughout product development process, advising on process and tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency and cost. The role ensures capability, robustness and cost-effectiveness of tool with sign-off.

· Evaluation of flow studies, mold concepts, and mold designs before tool approval and kick-off.

· Ensuring plastic tooling is compliant with Lucid Tool Standards, and documentation of review process.

· Support of internal non-engineering teams and representation of Lucid Tooling Team in communication with suppliers (incl. on-site visits).

· Leading on-site assessment of tool quality/condition, and driving injection molding process optimization.

Qualifications:

· B.S. in Engineering

· 5+ years’ experience, evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs, including sign-off responsibility

· Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration/labeling, foaming, overmolding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes

· Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts

· Experience with flow simulation software (e.g. Autodesk MoldFlow), and ability to critically review simulation results

· Proven hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization

· Experience in tooling cost and tool change cost estimation

· Methodical approach to documentation

· Exemplary verbal and written communication skills

· Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed

Advantageous:

· Worked in automotive development environment, ideally through complete product development process

· Hands-on experience with creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals

· Experience with tool should costing to understand 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)

· Experience auditing tool shops

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