Mechanical Design Engineer; Mold & Tooling & Product Design Engineer

Job Description

Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling) and Product Design Engineer

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling) and a Product Design Engineer to become part of our team!

• Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling):
  • Daily tasks will include direct communication with our Sales Team, Customers and Manufacturing.
  • Working together with Product Design you will use Solid Works 2024 to develop fully parametric 2D sketches.
  • The solids will be driven from these 2D sketches to develop 3D mold designs. Within these 3D designs we develop the cooling line / channels that best suit the container shape to provide the customer with optimized cooling for enhanced cycle time.
  • Design venting, scrap chambers, neck finish and adapt the mold to the customer blow mold machine platform.
  • In some cases, design die tooling to provide optimal wall thickness in the end product. Develop neck finish with research of shrink rates (within company history) and apply these to an Excel embedded design table which drives dimensions to yield in‑spec container neck finishes.
• Product Design Engineer:
  • Daily tasks include direct communication with our sales team, customers and manufacturing department to develop new bottle designs and/or enhance our current products.
  • Compile package requirements such as volume, fill level, overflow, overall size, height, width, depth, bottle gram weight, neck finish type and label stipulations.
  • Identify and qualify any performance requirements, such as top‑load and drop test. Conduct bottle testing and measurements in the bottle lab, using instruments such as an optical comparator, digital height gauge, calipers and Magna Mike.
  • Use Solid Works 2024 to develop fully parametric 2D sketches, drive solids and surfaces to create new product bottle designs. Produce 3D computer models and, when approved, create a scaled cavity applying the required shrink rate to yield target container dimensions, from which finished molds are produced.
  • Utilize a Faro Arm laser scanner with Polyworks software for reverse engineering.

• 5+ years working experience in related field.
• Minimum of bachelor’s in engineering or 7 years’ experience in related field.
• Preferred degrees:
  Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Product Design Engineering Technology or Packaging Engineering.
• 5+ years CAD experience (Solid Works preferred and/or NX).
• Proficiency in Solid Works.
• Equivalent combinations of education and/or experience will be considered.
• Strong mechanical ability and knowledge of extrusion blow mold equipment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite applications.
• Experience with a Faro Arm Laser scanner & Polyworks is a plus.

Competitive wages, comprehensive benefit package, opportunities for overtime and stable employment. State‑of‑the‑art equipment, clean work environment and air‑conditioning in the summer. Employees receive high‑level Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance premiums paid by the company, effective the first day on the job. Additional benefits include: $750-$1500 per year contribution to employees’ Health Savings Accounts, 3% contribution to the 401(k) regardless of individual contributions, Dental, Vision, Disability Insurance, Christmas Bonuses and more.