Tooling Engineer

Meta Platforms, Inc.•Sunnyvale, CA

34d

About The Position

As a tooling engineer on the Meta tooling team you will lead the tooling & process development as well as production efforts through hands on collaboration with Product Design, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance while playing a crucial role in research, planning, costing, and execution of future products.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering (Plastics, Materials, Mechanical, Process) or equivalent industry experience
10+ years tooling design and manufacturing experience
Previous experience with designing and/or manufacturing tooling for high volume, tight tolerance consumer electronics products or similar
Understanding of SPC, DOE, GD&T principles
Experience with 3D CAD design software, FEA and mold filling simulation software
Experience with a variety of commodity and engineering grade thermoplastic and thermoset resins
Experience with post molding operations including but not limited to CNC machining, plastic coatings, ultra sonic welding, silk screening and heat staking
Experience working with all types of hot runner systems as well as the associated troubleshooting of these systems
On the ground factory experience working with overseas vendors
Knowledge in metal part fabrication methods (die-casting, stamping, forging)
Organizational skills and related software experience (Excel, Powerpoint, etc) to allow for project tracking and presentations as needed

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Plastics Engineering
Capacity to demonstrate achievements and implementation of innovative technology in mass production of consumer products
Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification
Experience in the development of electronics consumer products
Experience in managing multiple development programs with domestic and overseas vendors

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of new plastic injection mold tooling to meet strict part and assembled device requirements
Collaborate with product designers to improve the manufacturing feasibility of plastic, rubber and metal parts using your extensive tooling experience as well as industry best practices
Collaborate with tooling suppliers in the design, manufacturing and qualification of world class tooling, as well as supporting molding process development
Collaborate with our cross functional team in the selection of materials to meet performance, dimensional and cosmetic requirements
Ongoing cooperation with our tooling suppliers to continuously improve tooling designs, tool manufacturing techniques and molding processes based on optimization trials, and DOE results to guide informed decisions
Provide guidance in the selection of machinery and equipment to improve the performance and consistency of our suppliers
Identify disruptive technologies in all phases of tool design, tool manufacturing and part creation, and work to implement them into mass production
Experience with a wide range of molding techniques including insert molding, 2 shot molding, metal injection molding, die casting, transfer molding, liquid silicon molding and thermoforming
Travel (Up to 25%) to overseas vendor sites to help drive tool and part optimization

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