Senior Molding Engineer

Argon Medical Devices Inc • Athens, TX

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About The Position

The Senior Molding Engineer will be responsible to provide support to all injection molding operations, reduce scrap and set-up times, optimize cycle times, and perform validations related to materials, presses and molds as necessary with a sharp focus on continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• At least 5 years injection molding experience in medical device industry or clean room molding.
• Minimum 4 years of process engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge and on-hand skills of Scientific Molding.
• Must have excellent knowledge of injection molding presses (hydraulic and electric), molds, mold design and other related processing equipment such as hoppers/loaders, blenders, dryers, sprue pickers, hot runner systems etc.
• Experience working with common molding grade plastics such as Polypropylene, Polycarbonate, ABS, Nylon etc. is required.
• Validation of presses and molds (IQ/OQ/PQ) required.

Nice To Haves

• Master Molder certification is a plus (RJG – Fimmtech)
• Experience in Extrusion of PVC, HDPE and PU is a big plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead all engineering activities related to Argon’s injection molding process.
• Establish a robust process window for all injection molded components using Scientific Molding techniques along with Design for Experiments (DOE’s).
• Troubleshoot molding / manufacturing processes to mitigate production defects.
• Champion process improvement/optimization projects.
• Identify and execute opportunities for cost savings.
• Perform process and mold qualifications, validations etc.
• Evaluate and select various engineered materials, execute material consolidation projects.
• Implement safety, productivity, and yield improvements.
• Develop and maintain process documentation.
• Participate in projects related to New Product Introduction.
• Develop process for SMED, design, execute and train set-up operators.
• Use structured project management process to execute projects on time.
• Lead complex projects and maintain project timeline and budget.
• Liaison between Molding, Tooling, R&D and Quality Engineering teams.
• Analysis of new tools design and make recommendations.
• Provide support with QA for root cause investigations for NCR’s and customer complaints.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees