Injection Molding Tooling Engineer, Indiana

Job Description

Job Description: 

Serve as the project manager for the launch of new tooling through regular communication with and review of the tool shop activities and progress to ensure new tool builds are designed and built in accordance with established Bosch Tooling Standards and to monitor progress to ensure program timing is met.

Identify areas where Bosch tooling standards need to be improved, recommend changes, obtain buy-in from other team-members and implement changes to tooling standards

Provide input for new project quotes to ensure planned equipment is suitable. E.g. required core pulls available, clamp tonnage, shot size, tie-bar spacing.

Track First Pass Yield (FPY) and target 100% FPY for new, repaired and changed tooling in terms of compliance to Bosch tooling standards, and with the use of the Tooling Design, Build and Production Checklist.

Track number of correction loops required to bring new tooling to 100% dimensional correct, and determine actions required to lower the number of correction loops to Bosch Albion expected measurable results.

Seek feedback from process engineers and technicians for potential improvement to existing or future mold builds.

Update Bosch Albion Mold Tooling standards as needed

Participate in problem solving efforts for root cause determination of part defects

Reviews and critiques submitted mold vendor design proposals and assures functional mold performance including Moldflow analysis and part design validation.

Performs injection molding, downtime, and utilization studies and determines overall equipment effectiveness.

Requesting quotes for new tooling and for repairs or modifications to existing tools; make sourcing decisions; and oversee the tooling design, build and launch process for production molds ensuring that the select tool shop complies with Bosch tool design and build standards, and meets required program timing.

Propose and evaluate cost saving measures related to molding and tooling.