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Tooling & Manufacturing Development Engineer
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Job Overview
The Tooling & Manufacturing Development Engineer is a lead technical resource and process development engineer for new product projects and advanced manufacturing development projects. These projects include implementing and optimizing the most effective technology, defining incremental process improvements, and developing new solutions in the heat shrink tubing operations. This person will lead the effort to develop and implement appropriate process control strategies for heat shrink tube process equipment.
Role and Responsibilities
* Perform engineering calculations with respect to material properties, speeds, horsepower, temperature, pressure, force, etc. as related to machine and tool designs.
* Analyze Product Requirement specifications to determine the best manufacturing routing in Operations in the development of equipment, processes, and products.
* Produce required tolerance analysis, process capability analysis, and bills of materials for equipment.
* Responsible for CAD tooling design and cost estimates and resource requirements on new processing equipment to the engineering manager and project managers.
* Review product requirements with respect to extrusion and expansion processes and machine capabilities with Product Development engineering.
* Determine tools, fixtures, and equipment to be used in extrusion, cross linking, expansion, and finishing processes.
* Select appropriate purchase components for process tooling and create requisitions with appropriate delivery dates.
* Examine project instructions and drawings to improve test equipment and problems involved in designing, changing, or rearranging processing lines.
* Research available technologies with the objective of improving product quality, reducing cost, or increasing capacity; develop sensible plans to evaluate, implement, and then audit the efficacy of completed technology improvement projects.
* Develop equipment requirement and specification documents.
* Lead and implement process validations.
* Plan, execute, evaluate, and document new equipment plant trials and complete summary reports.
What your background should look like:
* 5+ years of experience in various engineering fields relating to manufacturing, new product and process development, automation, and equipment design.
* BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or related field, with a focus on process equipment design and automated systems.
* Experience with extrusion and applicable tooling and high shear compound mixing is desired.
* Proficient in CAD, CREO, SolidWorks, or similar.
* Proficient in ANSYS.
* Knowledge of control systems is desired.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentations and public speaking; fluent English speaking and written capabilities for the ability to represent the Company, when required, on matters that affect Company operations and/or its products.
Competencies
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
Location: SWINDON, SWD, GB, SN3 5HH
City: SWINDON
State: SWD
Country/Region: GB
Travel: 25% to 50%
Requisition ID: 124362
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