Molding Engineer

Expected Travel:
Up to 25%

Requisition  Teleflex Incorporated As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.

Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, LMA™, Pilling™, Quik Clot™, Rüsch™, Uro Lift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.

At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit  Access – Built on a history of innovation, our Arrow™ brand of technically advanced vascular access devices are renowned throughout the world. Many of our vascular access products have antimicrobial and antithrombogenic protection designed to reduce vascular-related complications and include long and short dwell central venous catheters (CVC), sheath introducers, arterial lines, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC), as well as specialty devices and an advanced vascular positioning system to facilitate precise placement of a PICC or CVC near the heart.

Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.

Molding Engineer will lead and coordinate the technical phases of process development in conjunction with manufacturing and new product development initiatives. Provide input to process design, develop and identify new manufacturing methods and design. Conduct scientific based testing to identify best practices and optimize process parameters in order to establish quality and dimensional stability of molded components while developing a robust validation package for the molding process.

Assist with the identification and development of next generation processes related to plastics.

1. Independently plan and technically provide support on multiple projects utilizing project plans and schedules to track and communicate developments from prototype design through pilot production. Formulate decisions to facilitate project advancement independent of supervisor.

• Assist project team members to meet multiple project objectives, milestones, and target dates.
• Monitor project progress by completing and distributing project reports and priority lists for process development tasks.
• Provide training and documentation to production to ensure a smooth design transfer.
• Coordinate or participate as technical resource for manufacturing transfer of new products.
• Independently interface with Teleflex and non-Teleflex engineers, technicians, drafts people, and manufacturing personnel regarding machine design, process/product design, and tooling/fixturing design as related to understanding product requirements and establish design criteria for developing new manufacturing processes.

• Conduct DOE’s, identify and create new process concepts.
• Use computer aided engineering tools such as Moldflow and Solid Works to identify product design opportunties related to design for manufacturing.
• Provide input on material selection for new molded components based on knowledge of commonly used materials in medical device manufacturing.
• Prepares and reviews documentation with a high degree of accuracy, completeness, and effectiveness using engineering tools and templates where available…