Injection Molding Design Engineer

We’re an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering or related field, or relevant equivalent experience.

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years in mold design / procurement and plastics processing experience is required.
• Tooling design experience of injection molds is required.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks and understanding of Mold Flow Analysis tools is required.
• Master Molder Certification desired.
• Excellent technical skills including project management, organization, planning, and capital budgets relating to mold procurement and verification.
• Demonstrated ability to apply problem solving and data analysis methods.
• Previous experience with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), ISO standards and Lean Manufacturing concepts desired.
• Experience in an FDA regulated quality environment desired.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
• Experience leading projects end to end.
• Strong communication skills.
• Risk analysis / FMEA.
• Statistical analysis / SPC system.
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities, and to develop and maintain tool qualification schedules.

Physical requirement:

• Ability to use a laptop/computer for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours).
• Ability to sit for long periods of time (up to 8 hours) in virtual and/or on-site meetings.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time (up to 8 hours) when conducting FAT, SAT, on-site equipment/process troubleshooting, etc.
• Ability to climb steps, squat, etc.
• Ability to work independently in High Volume manufacturing floor.
• Follow Safety and Quality/GMP requirements for medical device manufacturing site (Safety shoes, safety glasses, hair net, beard net, face mask, hard hat, etc .... as required per manufacturing site).

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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Compliance Notice: We are a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, we maintain a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.