Manager, Injection Systems - Equipment & Process

Job Description

The Manager, Injection Systems Engineer provides enterprise-level technical leadership for injection molding machinery and system performance across RPSNAB.

This role expands beyond traditional equipment support to include platform-level strategy, machine and tooling integration, and long-term technology direction. The position is responsible for defining how injection equipment, auxiliary systems, and mold interfaces are specified, standardized, and evolved across the network.

As a senior subject-matter expert, this role drives equipment strategy, lifecycle planning, and system-wide performance optimization, while partnering closely with Product Development and the Principal Tooling Engineer to ensure alignment between product design, tooling, and machine capability.

• Define and lead the technical strategy for injection molding equipment and system architecture across the network.
• Establish machine platform standards, including controls, hydraulics/electric systems, auxiliaries, and integration requirements.
• Provide technical direction on future-state injection platform design, including scalability, flexibility, and lifecycle cost optimization.
• Serve as the primary authority on machine capability requirements influencing product and tooling decisions.

• Lead the development of mold-machine interface standards, ensuring alignment between tooling design and machine capability.
• Partner with Product Development and Tooling Engineering to define design guardrails that improve manufacturability and reduce downstream variability.
• Evaluate and influence tooling design decisions based on machine performance, clamp characteristics, and process capability.
• Drive improvements in system-level performance, addressing interactions between machine, mold, material, and auxiliaries.

• Lead enterprise-wide efforts to improve injection system performance, including cycle time, repeatability, and reliability.
• Establish frameworks for diagnosing and resolving chronic, multi-variable performance issues across plants.
• Define and standardize machine setup philosophies and performance expectations across platforms.
• Support critical plant issues requiring advanced technical expertise and system-level troubleshooting.

• Own the injection equipment lifecycle strategy, including obsolescence planning, modernization, and capital prioritization.
• Develop and maintain a fleet-level view of equipment performance, risk, and capability gaps.
• Lead evaluation of equipment retrofits, upgrades, and replacement strategies based on total cost of ownership and performance impact.
• Influence capital investment decisions through data-driven business cases and technical justification.

• Lead benchmarking of injection machinery OEMs and auxiliary equipment suppliers, defining preferred technologies and platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (electric platforms, advanced controls, digital monitoring, etc.) for network adoption.
• Establish technical criteria and validation approaches for equipment selection and qualification.
• Partner with OEMs to influence future equipment design and capability development.

• Develop and implement enterprise standards for injection machinery, system configuration, and performance metrics.
• Lead creation of technical documentation, specifications, and best practices across the network.
• Drive adoption of standards through training, workshops, and plant engagement.
• Ensure consistency in machine setup, operation, and maintenance practices across facilities.

• Partner with Product Development, Tooling Engineering, and Operations to align product design, tooling, and manufacturing capability.
• Influence plant engineering teams and leadership to adopt platform standards and strategic initiatives.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineering teams across the network.
• Operate as a key technical leader across a matrixed, multi-site…