Senior Plastics Engineer
Senior Plastics Engineer job at PRI Global. Newark, CA.
Newark, CA (Onsite)
Contract
Qualifications
- B.S. in polymer engineering or related field, or equivalent proven experience.
- 5+ years’ experience evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs.
- Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration, foaming, over molding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes.
- Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts.
- Experience with flow simulation software (Autodesk Mold Flow).
- Proven hands‑on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization.
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed.
Advantageous
- Worked in automotive development environment, ideally through complete product development process.
- Hands‑on experience with creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals.
- Experience with tool cost‑sizing to understand tool cost impact of part design choices.
- Experience with other plastic manufacturing processes and their tooling (e.g., blow molding, thermal forming, vacuum forming, compression molding, slush molding).