Gear Engineer

Location:

Manchester, CT

Industry: Plastics Manufacturing

Seeking a skilled Gear Engineer to design and optimize precision plastic gear systems for customer applications. This role is responsible for developing gear designs, evaluating gear performance, supporting tooling/manufacturing, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure products meet customer and quality requirements.

• Design single gears and complete gear mesh systems based on customer requirements
• Develop optimized gear designs for performance, wear, strength, and tolerance requirements
• Create gear data sheets for inspection and manufacturing
• Apply shrinkage factors to plastic gear cavity/tooling data
• Develop wire paths for spur gears, pulleys, and other gear cavities
• Design electrodes, hobs, and tooling data for helical, worm, and screw cavities
• Design gear trains for unscrewing molds
• Review inspection results and determine tool rework vs. deviation recommendations
• Modify cavity/tooling data based on inspection feedback
• Collaborate with Sales, Program Management, Quality, Tool Room, Molding, and Customers
• Provide technical support on new gear applications and customer product development
• Travel as needed to support customers/projects

• BS in Engineering or related technical field OR 10+ years of relevant gear/quality engineering experience
• Strong knowledge of gear design principles and quality systems
• Experience with plastic injection molded gears strongly preferred
• Product design and tool design experience is a plus
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

• Solid Works
• KISSsoft
• TK Solver
• Web Gear
• Microsoft Excel / Word
• Experience with internal/ERP engineering systems

• CMM
• Double flank gear checker
• Micrometers / Calipers / Height Gauges / Gage Pins
• Visual inspection methods

Primarily seated/desk-based engineering role

Occasional standing, walking, and light lifting up to 25 lbs