Sr. Design Engineer

Leads an on-site design engineering team responsible for product development, tooling design, project execution, engineering changes, and lifecycle support for thermoformed products.

Job Requirements

• Experience leading a product or tooling design engineering team
• Experience managing engineering projects, schedules, priorities, and workloads
• Proficiency with computer-aided design software
• Experience creating complex product and tooling geometries
• Experience translating customer requirements into product and tooling specifications
• Knowledge of thermoforming, plastic processing, and manufacturing methods
• Experience designing or supporting production tooling
• Experience reviewing and initiating engineering change orders
• Experience managing product and tooling design files
• Experience supporting product launches, prototyping, and sample approval activities
• Experience coordinating with operations, process engineering, tooling, quality, and manufacturing teams
• Knowledge of ISO, SQF, GMP, or comparable manufacturing standards
• Experience with corrective and preventive action processes
• Experience managing external tooling suppliers and vendor performance
• Experience hiring, training, assigning work, and evaluating technical personnel
• Experience enforcing manufacturing safety procedures

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing thermoformed plastic products
• Experience with tooling modification, repair, maintenance, and specification development
• Experience with material substitutions and product deviation approvals
• Experience developing data-driven design and process improvements
• Experience managing customer accounts or technical customer programs
• Experience coordinating iterative design reviews and prototype development
• Experience with part approval and production-readiness processes
• Knowledge of plastic materials, forming characteristics, and processing limitations
• Experience maintaining controlled engineering documentation and work instructions
• Experience procuring tooling from external manufacturers

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the daily activities of the assigned on-site design team
• Assign and prioritize engineering projects, work orders, and design tasks
• Manage design schedules, project costs, technical requirements, and customer deliverables
• Create and review complex product and tooling designs using CAD software
• Translate customer needs into product, tooling, and manufacturing requirements
• Coordinate concept development, prototyping, sample creation, approval, and product launch activities
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams to develop technical solutions
• Coordinate tooling priorities with tooling and manufacturing leadership
• Direct workload scheduling and resource allocation for the design team
• Develop tooling specifications and support tool modifications
• Procure tooling from external suppliers and monitor cost, quality, schedule, and technical performance
• Support part approval and tooling acceptance activities
• Hire, train, assign, and evaluate design engineering personnel
• Establish technical development goals for design team members
• Address performance issues through documented corrective actions
• Enforce applicable workplace safety policies and procedures
• Maintain compliance with ISO, SQF, GMP, and internal quality requirements
• Develop and maintain documented design processes, work instructions, and engineering records
• Analyze performance data to identify product, tooling, and customer-experience improvements
• Review and initiate engineering change orders
• Approve product specifications, deviations, and material substitutions
• Support corrective and preventive action investigations
• Provide technical direction for tooling repair and maintenance
• Maintain product, tooling, and engineering design records
• Support product lifecycle activities from initial development through production and end-of-life changes
• Provide technical guidance to operations and process engineering teams
• Review manufacturing applications for compliance with product and process specifications
• Apply thermoforming and plastic-processing principles to product and tooling designs
• Evaluate product performance, manufacturability, quality, cost, and delivery requirements
• Maintain current knowledge of design methods, manufacturing technology, materials, and tooling practices

Pay Details: $95,000.00 to $105,000.00 per year

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