Responsibilities:

• Technical support of product design units in designing plastic parts in cooperation with product engineering
• Plausibility check, cost breakdown for injection parts and tools regarding new tools and engineering changes
• Supporting supply chain in negotiations related to injection molding parts, tools, fixtures, and gages
• Demolding analysis of designed parts as well as fill & warpage studies (using CADMOULD)
• Definition of design and material standards
• Elaboration and documentation of improvement potentials
• Follow-up on the developed optimization proposals and support engineering at customer and supplier meetings
• Support of project teams by analyzing engineering changes and related costs (using change cost breakdown standard form)
• Participation in the creation of a database for materials
• Participation​ in task force topics
• Review of tooling design

Requirements:

• Mechanical engineering, focus on plastics technology in the field of mechanical engineering or automotive engineering
• Experience as a toolmaker or process mechanic for plastics/rubber technology (molding technician) - would be an asset
• At least 5 years of working experience
• Experience of working in automotive industry
• Good knowledge of industry standards
• Experience in filling and warpage analysis
• Fluency in English both written & spoken
• Knowledge of German - would be an asset
• Analytical thinking skills
• Good communication skills
• Intercultural competence
• Ability to work in a team
• Good spatial imagination
• Ability to explain topics on a high technical level