Tooling Engineer

Job Summary:

Job Title: Tooling Technician

Job ID: 535335

Client: Flextronics

Location: Libertyville, IL

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Experience Level: 5 Years

Skill Key Word Tooling Protocols, Molding Design Experience, DFM evaluation, Trouble shooting tooling issues, Tooling Maintenance skills, Collaboration, Making Status reports and maintain documentation

Job Description & Skill Requirement:

• Design and engineer moderately complex tooling protocols for molds, jigs, and fixtures as per product specifications.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) evaluation.
• Validation for the molding designs and troubleshooting tooling issues.
• Implement cost effective tool design changes and Provide status reports.
• Collaborate with other team members to qualification, sampling, and final part approval.
• Prepare and maintain documentation related to tool room equipment

Qualification:

B.E

Priority 1 – Must Have

• Industries: Medical Devices, Plastics/Molding, Injection Molding, Tool & Die, Automotive, Consumer Electronics
• Candidates with hands-on experience in molding/tooling design, molds, jigs, fixtures, and tooling maintenance

Priority 2 – Preferred

• Medical device manufacturing
• Automotive Tier-1/Tier-2 suppliers
• High-volume injection molding
• Companies with dedicated tool rooms/tooling engineering teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting qualification, sampling, and final part approval
• Customer/vendor interaction
• Cost-effective tooling modifications

Look for candidates who clearly demonstrate:

• Tooling design and engineering
• Mold, jig, and fixture design
• Injection molding experience
• DFM (Design for Manufacturability)
• Molding design validation
• Troubleshooting tooling/mold issues
• Tooling maintenance
• Tool room equipment
• Tool design modifications
• Design reviews
• Qualification and sampling
• Final part approval
• Documentation and status reporting
• Collaboration with manufacturing/engineering teams

Education & Experience:

Education:

• B.E. required

Experience:

• Approximately 5 years of relevant experience
• Strong preference for experience in:
• Tooling/mold design
• Injection molding
• DFM evaluation
• Tooling troubleshooting
• Tooling maintenance