Plastic Tooling Engineer

• Co-work with Cupertino PD team for part design development including geometry and challenging features. Give the suggestion and modification plan from tooling perspective to make the tooling concept succeed. • Manage molding trials for new programs, providing feedback for corrective actions to Cupertino tooling DRI, PD and cross functional team. • Work with molding process engineer establish POR process parameters for a given part to meet all Apple functional and cosmetic requirements • Participate cross functional team process meeting, give the idea and support related to tooling and molding stuffs. Join and widen the trouble shooting plan to speed up the issue solved. • Act as first level engineering response to production quality issues for molded plastic parts. Determine root cause, and where appropriate, institute corrective actions. • Collaborate with supply management, product design and quality engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility, aesthetics and production process control of new part designs. • Participate in supplier factory audits and assessments to define their capabilities and suitability for molding Apple products. • Take the leading role in suggesting or adopting ideas for improving productivity and quality of part manufacturing, molding and tooling techniques. • Train supplier engineers at plastic manufacturing plants in Asia to utilize new materials and processing techniques. • Develop collaborative relationships with Apple suppliers through training and quality control visits. Will be an advisor to plants and cross functional team members on maintaining correct controls on the processes and inspection certificates on the materials. Minimum Qualifications BS Engineering (Plastics Engineering; ME, Chem E). Minimum 5 years plastic tooling (injection molding preferred) experience in the molding and / or plastic materials industry. High gloss cosmetic part tooling engineer experiences are a plus Excellent knowledge of plastic materials and design for manufacturing in terms of geometry and cosmetic quality. Experience debugging complex tools and processes. Experience processing a wide variety of materials. Experience in managing multiple tool development programs with regional and overseas vendors is preferred. Able to communicate (verbal and written) technical information in English. Fluency in Mandarin is a plus. Preferred Qualifications Mold flow simulation capability are a plus Be able to work independently or within a team. Host the meeting and do the presentation. Able to travel up to 25% of the time.