Engineering Technician: Injection Molding

## Engineering Technician:
Injection Molding Apply:
Richmond Manufacturing:
Full time:
Posted Today:

** Job Description
**** Core Responsibilities
**** Advanced Injection Molding Diagnostics & Technical Problem Solving
*** Serve as a primary technical escalation point for complex, chronic, or high-impact injection molding problems beyond standard production troubleshooting and routine process adjustments.
* Independently diagnose manufacturing problems across Process, Machine, Mold, Material, Controls, Automation, auxiliary equipment, and operating practices, including interactions between these systems.
* Analyze molding parameters, machine and process data, alarm histories, equipment behavior, production trends, and product defects to isolate technical failure modes and sources of manufacturing variation.
* Lead structured root cause investigations, develop evidence-based conclusions and corrective-action recommendations, and coordinate Engineering, Maintenance, Automation, Quality, and other specialized resources when required.
* Verify corrective-action effectiveness through process capability, quality, equipment, and sustained production results, emphasizing elimination of systemic causes rather than repeated correction of symptoms.
** Scientific Molding & Advanced Process Analysis
*** Apply advanced scientific molding principles to troubleshoot, develop, evaluate, and optimize injection molding processes and establish robust, repeatable processing windows.
* Execute and interpret advanced molding studies including fill, pressure-loss, gate-seal, viscosity, cooling, process-window, capability, and other structured technical studies.
* Analyze relationships between machine settings, actual process conditions, material behavior, mold performance, environmental conditions, automation, and finished-product quality.
* Apply statistical methods, process capability analysis, structured trials, and Design of Experiments (DOE), where applicable, to identify significant variables and develop technically supported recommendations.
* Optimize molding processes to improve cycle time, scrap, uptime, productivity, capability, and OEE while maintaining established safety, quality, and process-control requirements.
** Molding Machine, Controls & Automation Diagnostics
*** Utilize molding-machine controls, HMI diagnostics, alarm histories, process-monitoring systems, and manufacturing data to diagnose complex process and equipment abnormalities.
* Diagnose interactions among molding machines, molds, hot runner systems, auxiliary equipment, material-handling systems, automation, robotics, and downstream processes.
* Analyze PLC/HMI diagnostic information, sensors, I/O status, alarms, interlocks, machine sequences, and equipment feedback to distinguish process issues from controls, automation, electrical, or mechanical problems.
* Read and interpret technical drawings, mold documentation, control diagrams, electrical schematics, process specifications, and equipment documentation required for advanced diagnostics.
* Provide Engineering, Machine Maintenance, Mold Maintenance, and Automation teams with technical evidence and execute process verification and stabilization following repairs, modifications, controls changes, or significant maintenance events.
** Qualification, Validation & Manufacturing Readiness
*** Execute technical qualification and validation activities for injection molds, molding processes, equipment, materials, and associated manufacturing systems through structured studies, trials, data analysis, and capability evaluations.
* Evaluate mold and process performance following repairs, engineering modifications, transfers, equipment changes, and new production launches, identifying risks to stable and capable manufacturing.
* Execute technical test plans and validation protocols, analyze results against established acceptance criteria, and document findings, manufacturing risks, process capability, and recommendations.
* Support equipment commissioning, installation, startup, production acceptance, and manufacturing readiness, including participation in FAT/SAT activities where applicable.
* Evaluate and verify process capability and stability during production ramp-up and new product introduction using objective manufacturing data to confirm repeatable operation within approved processing windows and quality requirements.
** Manufacturing Data, Technical Leadership & Continuous Improvement
*** Analyze real-time and historical process,…