Senior Engineer – Plastic Part Designer

The Senior Engineer, Designer (Plastics) for World Wide Engineering - Molding is a technical role supporting manufacturing sites by ensuring that injection molded parts used in commercial environment are robust, harmonized & scalable utilizing best practice in part design, development, technologies, process capable, validated per design control and compliant with Regulatory requirements.  This role is responsible for plastic part design and development with involvement in injection mold tooling and injection molding processes including design for manufacturability, MoldFlow analysis and production release at suppliers.  In addition, this role is part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for supporting sourcing strategies including supplier recommendation, evaluation and development.  This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Molding Engineering and resides in the Irvine location.

Essential job functions:

• Provide support to Engineering, Manufacturing and R&D in plastics engineering, plastic part design with MoldFlow analysis, injection mold design/construction and injection mold processing.  Apply technical knowledge to innovate, design, develop processes, define requirements, establish procedures and implement tooling in support of thermoplastic injection molding and silicone liquid injection molding (LIM).

• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input during product development phases including plastic part design and mold design & construction.

• Support thermoplastic and silicone processing and tooling troubleshooting, and drive problem solving with suppliers.

• Manage the implementation of new injection molds at suppliers.  Drive process optimization and capability using scientific injection molding principles including process improvement opportunities and innovation on commercial products. 

• Project management from feasibility through implementation including charter & scope, detailed plan, defined schedule, risks mitigation, progress report and cost management.  Escalate project risks to management, as required.  In addition, plans, organizes, and conducts all aspects of technical reviews.

• Supports IQ/OQ/PQ efforts within Edwards and at suppliers.  Ensures proper documentation is completed to meet quality systems requirements. (e.g., Design Reviews, Component Dwgs, FMEA’s, Mfg Procedures, BOM’s, Routers, etc.).

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.