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

Job Description

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!

Responsibilities:

• Daily tasks will include direct communication with our Sales Team, Customers and Manufacturing.
• Working together with Product Design you will use Solid Works 2024to 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.
• You will also be required to design venting, scrap chambers, neck finish and adapt the mold to the customer blow mold machine platform.
• In some cases, we also design die tooling to provide optimal wall thickness in the end product. Within the design of the neck finish you will be required to research shrink rates (within company history) to apply these to an excel embedded design table which drives dimensions to yield in spec container neck finishes.

• Daily tasks include direct communication with our sales team, customers and manufacturing department to develop new bottle designs and/or enhance our current products.
• Throughout this process our Product Design Engineers compile package requirements such as: volume, fill level, overflow, overall size, height, width, depth, bottle gram weight, neck finish type and label stipulations.
• In addition, any performance requirements, such as top load and drop test, will need to be identified and qualified by the customer. Bottle testing and measurements of sample containers will be conducted in our bottle lab to include: measuring overall bottle and neck finish dimensions, calculating volume, fill level, and overflow, and checking container weight, wall thickness and material distribution. These measurements will be taken using instruments such as an optical comparator, digital height gauge, calipers and Magna Mike.
• Solid Works 2024 is used to develop fully parametric 2D sketches. The solids and surfaces will be driven from these 2D sketches to develop new product bottle designs. 3D computer models will be generated, and in many cases 3D models will be produced on our in-house 3D printer. Once approved, a scaled cavity is created applying the required shrink rate to yield target container dimensions, from which finished molds will be produced.
• We also have a Faro Arm laser scanner with Polyworks software used 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).
• Proficient 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
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite applications
• Experience with a Faro Arm Laser scanner & Polyworks is a plus.

Company Description

Mid-America Machining is the leading source for extrusion blow molds in the plastics industry. We design consumer packaging along with pilot and production tooling for various machine platforms for customers WORLDWIDE. Our primary engineering software is Solid Works and we specialize in container/product development, mold design, trim tooling, mold sampling/development and mold refurbishing. Mid-America Machining is a financially sound, privately held company that has been in business for over 35 years with no layoffs.

We offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefit package, opportunities for overtime and stable employment for our dedicated workforce. We have state-of-the-art equipment, a clean work environment and air-conditioning in the summer. Mid-America Machining employees don’t pay a dime for their high-level Blue Cross…