Plastic Tooling Process Engineer
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Operations and Supply Chain
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Key Qualifications
- Minimum 8 years plastic processing (injection molding preferred) experience in molding and / or plastic materials industry.
- Excellent knowledge of plastic materials and design for manufacturing in terms of geometry and cosmetic quality.
- Experience debugging complex tools and processes.
- Experience processing a wide variety of materials.
- Experience in handling multiple tool development programs with regional and overseas vendors is preferred.
- Mold Flow analysis capabilities are a plus.
- Be able to work independently or within a team.
- Able to travel up to 25% of the time.
- Able to communicate (verbal and written) technical information in English. Knowledge of fluency in Mandarin is a plus.
Description
- Manage molding trials for new programs, providing feedback for corrective actions to tooling engineering, molding and material suppliers.
- Establish necessary process parameters for a given part to meet all Apple functional and cosmetic requirements.
- Act as first level engineering response to production quality issues for molded plastic parts.
- Determine root cause, and where appropriate, institute corrective actions.
- Collaborate with supply management, product design and quality engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility, aesthetics and production process control of new part designs.
- Participate in supplier factory audits and assessments to define their capabilities and suitability for molding Apple products.
- Take the leading role in suggesting or adopting ideas for improving productivity and quality of part manufacturing, molding and tooling techniques.
- Train supplier engineers at plastic manufacturing plants in Asia to apply new materials and processing techniques.
- Develop collaborative relationships with Apple suppliers through training and quality control visits.
- Will be an advisor to plants and cross functional team members on maintaining correct controls on the processes and inspection certificates on the materials.
Education & Experience
BS or MS Plastics Engineer preferred (Plastics Engineering; ME, Chem E)