Full-Time Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling), SOLIDWORKS

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling) to become part of our team!

Responsibilities:

Mechanical Design Engineer (Mold & Tooling):

· Daily tasks will include direct communication with our Sales Team, Customers and Manufacturing.

· Working together with Product Design you will use SolidWorks 2024 to develop fully parametric 2D sketches.

· The solids will be driven from these 2D sketches to develop 3D mold designs. Within these 3D designs we develop the cooling line / channels that best suit the container shape to provide the customer with optimized cooling for enhanced cycle time.

· You will also be required to design venting, scrap chambers, neck finish and adapt the mold to the customer blow mold machine platform.

· In some cases, we also design die tooling to provide optimal wall thickness in the end product. Within the design of the neck finish you will be required to research shrink rates (within company history) to apply these to an excel embedded design table which drives dimensions to yield in spec container neck finishes.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years working experience in related field.
• Minimum of bachelor’s in engineering or 7 years’ experience in related field
  • Preferred degrees: Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology
• 5+ years CAD experience (SolidWorks preferred and/or NX).
• Proficient in SolidWorks.
• Equivalent combinations of education and/or experience will be considered.
• Strong mechanical ability and knowledge of extrusion blow mold equipment.
• Excellent Communication
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite applications
• Experience with a Faro Arm Laser scanner & Polyworks is a plus.

Location:

• Brooklyn, MI

Benefits:

• Vision, medical, life, dental

Type:

• Full time

Mid-America Machining is the leading source for extrusion blow molds in the plastics industry. We design consumer packaging along with pilot and production tooling for various machine platforms for customers WORLDWIDE. Our primary engineering software is SolidWorks and we specialize in container/product development, mold design, trim tooling, mold sampling/development and mold refurbishing.

We offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefit package, opportunities for overtime and stable employment for our dedicated workforce. We have state-of-the-art equipment, a clean work environment and air-conditioning in the summer. Mid-America Machining employees don’t pay a dime for their high-level Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance premiums and coverage is effective the first day on the job!

The company also contributes $750/$1500 per year to employee’s Health Savings Accounts and contributes 3% to the 401(k) regardless of individual contributions. We offer Dental, Vision, Disability Insurance, Christmas Bonuses and more! See what Mid-America Machining has to offer at: https://www.mid-americamachining.com/employment.php

This position requires experience in CAD software, particularly SolidWorks. Consider Design-Engine’s training courses for further development.

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