Senior Molding Engineer

Expected Travel: Up to 25%

Requisition ID: 12474

 

About 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™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ 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 teleflex.com.

 

Vascular 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.

Position Summary

The Sr. Molding Engineer will lead and coordinate the technical phases of process development in conjunction with manufacturing and new product development initiatives. 

Lead the identification and development of next-generation processes related to molding plastics processing.

Lead inputs to process design, develop, and identify new manufacturing methods and designs. Conduct science-based testing to identify best practices and optimize process parameters to establish the quality and dimensional stability of molded components while developing a robust validation package for the molding process. 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Make high-level technical presentations to SBU leadership and executive management to convey project status and technical feasibility of injection molding and plastics processing projects.
•    Engineering lead for all aspects of molding process development, including the involvement in DFM, prototyping, testing (measurement), process characterization, process development history documentation, and design transfer into manufacturing with a robust validation package.
•    Provide guidance, input, and support to redesign existing processes to improve quality, utilize automated production techniques, optimize process capabilities, and produce better products more cost-effectively.
•    Independently plan and technically lead tasks 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 independently of a supervisor.
•    Independently interface with product development and manufacturing to understand product requirements and establish design criteria for developing manufacturing processes.
•    Provide input on material selection for new molded components based on knowledge of commonly used materials in medical device manufacturing. 
•    Conduct DOEs and establish statistically based recommendations for the molding process utilizing tools such as Minitab. 
•    Use computer-aided engineering tools such as Moldflow, SolidWorks, etc, to create and solidify tooling and mold specifications.
•    Identify and create new process concepts. Design and validate processes and components using engineering principles and adhering to the design control process as appropriate.
•    Participate in design and technical phase reviews focusing on design for manufacturing elements.
•    Interface with vendors to obtain quotations, purchase components and equipment, and debug problems supporting process development.
•    Investigate or direct the investigation of product complaints to determine the cause and implement corrective action.
•    Provide training and documentation to production to ensure a smooth design transfer.
•    Support, maintain, and upgrade production processes, including molding, insert molding, and assembly. Lead the identification, developme