What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Plastic Product Design Engineer (Medical Device) position at APN Consulting Inc?
Job Title: Senior Plastic Product Design Engineer
Location: Broadview Heights, OH
Seeking a Plastic Product Design Engineer with a strong focus on injection-molded plastic part design, robust tolerance control, and end-to-end mechanical development execution.
Technical/Functional Skills
- Experience in medical device new product development (NPI), including familiarity with design controls and regulated environments.
- Experience with assemblies involving plastics integrated with metals and other materials.
Experience Required
- Bachelor''s degree required.
- Senior-level experience in the mechanical design of injection-molded plastic components.
- Strong proficiency in CAD systems; Creo strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience developing and analyzing tolerance stack-ups for complex assemblies.
- Proven capability in creating detailed engineering drawings.
- Experience leading small project scopes or subsystem development.
- Strong ability to communicate across teams and interface with vendors.
Roles & Responsibilities
Mechanical Design & Development
- Lead the design of injection-molded plastic components, as well as other types of mechanical parts, from concept through design release, incorporating DFM principles and manufacturability constraints.
- Develop and maintain 3D CAD models, assemblies, and detailed drawings aligned with project and documentation requirements.
Tolerance & Drawing Ownership
- Develop and validate tolerance stack-ups to ensure fit, function, and performance across assemblies.
- Own engineering drawings, dimensioning strategy, and release-ready documentation.
- Drive design decisions using tolerance analysis to mitigate risk and ensure manufacturability and reliability.
Technical Leadership
- Lead defined sub-portions of the project, managing design execution, risks, and deliverables.
- Provide clear status updates and proactively escalate issues impacting scope, schedule, or performance.
Vendor Interface
- Interface with vendors on DFM reviews, tooling strategies, and part optimization.
- Incorporate vendor feedback into design iterations while maintaining performance and timeline targets.