Magna Engineered Glass: Senior Tooling Engineer

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* Job Responsibilities:

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* ** RESPONSIBILITIES:`
*** Tooling Development & Standards  + Maintain and apply corporate tooling standards for injection molded encapsulation tools.  + Identify, evaluate, and maintain qualified tooling suppliers with demonstrated capability in encapsulated glass molding, including vertical presses, robot assisted glass loading, and automated demold.  + Develop and validate new tooling processes including:
- Encapsulation overmold of automotive glass    - Dynamic pressure pad systems    - Magnetized bezel or stiffener insert molding    - Soft seal tooling and integrated glass fixturing systems
* Manufacturability & Product Integration  + Evaluate new product quotes for feasibility of glass encapsulation molding, including:  + Collaborate with Designers, Program Managers, Tooling Suppliers, and Project Engineers to ensure product design supports robust encapsulation manufacturability.
- Participate in product design reviews to confirm draft, shut offs, retention geometry, gaging datums, and warp/shrink predictions meet customer specifications.
* Tool Build Management & Launch  + Prepare, manage, and approve tooling quotes for encapsulation tools within the corporate system.  + Track tool builds through timing plans, supplier visits, milestone reviews, and PPAP readiness.  + Lead sampling and launch of new tools including:
- Glass loading validation    - Overmold sealing performance    - Adhesion / peel testing    - Tool debug for short shots, flash, sinks, voids, and stress marks  + Validate tooling and equipment through CMM layout, glass fixture verification, and encapsulation profile conformance.  + Oversee texture (grain) approvals and surface quality reviews.  + Define and release spare parts, preventive maintenance plans, and critical spare steel.  

+ Support packaging, racking, and gage design reviews.
* Analysis, Testing & Supplier Interaction  + Direct Mold Flow and CAE studies specific to encapsulated glass:
- Flow front around glass substrate    - Knit line and adhesion risk areas    - Cooling of non uniform wall sections    - Polymer stress transfer into glass edges  + Maintain material line cards including TPE, PVC, PC/ABS, TPU, and specialty encapsulation compounds.  + Support supplier tool builds, including on site assessments of mold design, machining quality, tryout equipment, and process capability.  + Support component and system testing including:
- Glass adhesion pull tests    - Weathering & UV durability    - Thermal cycling and expansion mismatch evaluation  + Troubleshoot issues for existing programs (e.g., de lamination, glass cracking, warp, dimension failures).  + Participate in formal supplier evaluations after project completion.
* Documentation & Reporting  + Document all technical decisions, tool modifications, sampling results, and validation activities.  + Maintain accurate, updated timing charts and project status for all assigned tools.  + Prepare cost reports, variance analyses, and support budgeting and forecast activities.
* Process & Continuous Improvement  + Maintain expertise in emerging encapsulation tool technologies, such as:
- Advanced hot runner systems for hybrid materials    - Tool steel performance for glass contact areas    - Adhesion promoting surface treatments  + Support implementation of new materials including TPE, low gloss PVC, PC/ABS, and future encapsulation compounds.  + Develop and update work instructions, quality procedures, and tooling standards related to encapsulated glass molding.  + Train Tool Room personnel on encapsulation tool maintenance, repair methods, PM frequency, and safe handling of glass molds.
* Compliance & Safety
* Perform additional duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational goals.
* Actively contribute to a positive and collaborative work environment, demonstrating flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs and priorities.

- Lead mold design reviews; verify parting lines, gating, runner systems (hot & cold), steel selection, shrink rates, cooling strategy, and texturing requirements.  
* Ensure tool designs incorporate requirements for glass edge protection,…