Mold Design Engineer - Molex

Your Job

Mold Design for the manufacturing of electronic connectors for new products under an efficient and cost-effective process. Mold Designer is responsible to collaborate with all NPD stakeholders supporting 3D mold design development needs from opportunity phase through operational launch and commercialization.

Our Team

We are currently adding a Mold Design Engineer to join our Transportation Industrial Solutions team. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of a great company, this may be the opportunity for you. In this role, you will provide a positive impact to accelerate mold design and increase our capabilities in new product development, as it relates to mold tooling and processing. This position has key impact on Product Design, Mold Processing, and Operations. The responsibility to execute tasks on projects impacts capital spending, lead time results, and division metrics.

What You Will Do

• Support product development teams (product engineering, molding, CAE, quality, and operations) to ensure new mold introductions are robust solutions that meet our customers' requirements.
• Develop and implement NX/TC 3D mold design to meet customers' production and delivery requirements
• Support global mold design continual process improvement projects.
• Provide required technical guidance and support to the Mold Process Engineering Group and Principal Engineers.
• Limited daily interaction or supervision required on the process steps for completing NX/TC mold design responsibilities.
• Individual in this position is responsible for accurately estimating mold design project timing and achieving the goal.
• Understand complex automotive connection solution and the impact tooling can have on a "flawless launch" to ensure Customers' expectations have been achieved.
• Lead mold design review meeting and mold design detailing on required mold design work; ensures the manufacturing feasibility for each detail of mold.

• Mold Making Technology, Mechanical or equivalent industry experience in new injection molding development. (Automotive Connectors)
• 5-7+ years' direct experience in mold design. (emphasis on interconnect applications)
• 3+ years 2D & 3D modeling using CAD software. (NX, TC)

• Knowledge of Product Design and Injection molding principles.
• Technical knowledge of practices, terminology and tolerances associated with fabrication, machining, grinding, wire EDM and mold-making.
• Demonstrated knowledge of molding process and troubleshooting in molding.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf