Senior Tooling Engineering

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The Team

The mission of the Vendor Development & Optimization Department is to develop a single source of truth for Co-man vendors. Sr. Tooling Engineer is a core technical role responsible for tool validation, technical problem-solving, and continuous tooling improvement for injection molding production. Also, provide on the overall process control, optimization, standardization, and continuous improvement of the plastic injection molding.

The Opportunity

The Senior Tooling Engineer is responsible for tool validation, technical problem-solving, and continuous tooling improvement for injection molding production.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering standardization for co-man vendors.; To support co-man vendors to drive for improvements such as reduce throw-off, optimize the cycle time and improve output; Provide technical training to improve the technical molding skillsets; Enhance the Mold Qualification buy-off at vendor site and tool build vendor to improve the tool quality; Provide technical leadership and management for co-man vendors engineering team.; Work closely with Co-man Team, MOA Engineering Team, O/O plants & Co-man vendors; Build a structured team training system to upgrade the overall technical competency of process engineers.; Foster a high-execution technical team culture and cultivate independent problem-solving capabilities.; Act as the core technical interface and key influencer across multi-functional teams including production, quality, engineering and tooling vendors.; Proactively align process standardization such as “Best Practice with O/O plants”; Support location includes China, Vietnam and India plus O/O plant – Montoi Bricks; Manage the OH & deliver saving to the company; Establish a LEAN culture and drive continuous improvement in daily activities

Requirements

A molding technical engineer with deep expertise in injection molding engineering.; Can solve the molding problem in co-man vendors.; Able to identify improvement ideas and working with the team to implement the application in production run; Engineering Background with solid hand-on experience in Injection Molding Process.; Prefer to have Mattel working experience; Understand the Scientific Molding Method and be able to apply and set up the injection molding process; Strong communication skills and able to work effectively as part of a team.; Good English specking and writing skills.; Strong problem-solving skills, good communication skills and project management capacity