Methods Injection Tooling Engineer

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

General:

• Maintain quality standards on all products to ensure manufacturing with zero defect methodology including process documentation required.
• Responsible for plastic part engineering according to the specifications in order to meet the requirement of quality, cost and delivery time for local and global platforms (worldwide coordination of mould concept).
• Provide support on new product launch tooling and process at each milestone through production, providing the manufacturing and engineering inputs for development of new processes, parts and tooling.
• Lead the tooling design and approval process according to the Valeo standards & Procedure (RAISE).
• Identify lean & continuous improvement to existing process and tooling related to current product lines with regard to the cost, quality, and/or design.
• Involve in a global coordination to improve and define standards. Identify and investigate potential new tooling concepts and processes.
• Apply in his field safety procedure and have a role model in safety rule appliance.

Essential:

• Design for manufacturing a plastic part, mold and process according to Valeo Production System & TPM rules.
• Analyze new products in order to integrate new components and P2.
• Support R&D CAD designer about plastic part engineering.
• Involve in Molding FMEA, control plan, SPPC definition and tolerances application.
• Investigate design to cost solutions, identify improvement in part to simplify the machining of tools, optimize molding conditions and reduce cost.
• Define mold features, size and injection molding machine.
• Establish request for quotation with preliminary mold design, with tool cost & timing estimation.
• Validate 3D molds design for layout and mold studies acceptance.
• Analyze Moldflow simulation results, implement solution in new mold, and define molding process window.
• Manage the technical part and mold tuning loops from Off Tool to Initial samples, manage the molding tryouts, define & duplicate the process window to ensure reliable and robust part validation & robust production.
• Support tooling transfer and Start of Production at Valeo or supplier; Establish technical & maintenance book.
• Evaluate toolmakers (current or new) and teach toolmakers about Valeo standards.
• Capitalize feedback from production and supplier to initiate corrective and preventive actions (cost breakdown, problem solving, troubleshooting...).