What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tooling Engineer position at Phillips Medisize?
Your Job
Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company is seeking an injection molding Tooling Engineer to lead tooling through our design and manufacturing development process at our Hudson, WI location. As a Tooling Engineer you will play a vital part in our organization, contributing to key projects and engineering initiatives while collaborating with various teams to ensure overall project success.
Global Innovation and Development Tooling Engineers are responsible for the management of injection mold tool build programs. Working with cross-functional teams you will be responsible for overseeing the tooling aspects of programs from concept through to market entry. You will manage a large range of tool types from high quality SPI class 101 to quick turn prototype tools, responsible for trouble shooting tooling issues and resolving them in a timely manner.
Our Team
At Philips Medisize, we aspire to be the preferred partner of choice for leading global customers, to create innovative products that help people around the world live healthier, more productive lives. We are an end-to-end provider of innovation, development, and manufacturing solutions to the medical, regulated products, automotive, consumer and defense markets. Companies count on Phillips Medisize to bring their breakthrough ideas and innovative branded products to market – with confidence. As a leading global outsource provider of design and manufacturing services, we work closely with our customers to deliver proven, highly engineered products.
What You Will Do
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Molex company, Phillips-Medisize mobilizes and deploys specialized capabilities and services across highly regulated industries, including health care, regulated consumer, automotive and defense. We design, develop and create innovative and life-changing medical technologies for millions of people around the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company is seeking an injection molding Tooling Engineer to lead tooling through our design and manufacturing development process at our Hudson, WI location. As a Tooling Engineer you will play a vital part in our organization, contributing to key projects and engineering initiatives while collaborating with various teams to ensure overall project success.
Global Innovation and Development Tooling Engineers are responsible for the management of injection mold tool build programs. Working with cross-functional teams you will be responsible for overseeing the tooling aspects of programs from concept through to market entry. You will manage a large range of tool types from high quality SPI class 101 to quick turn prototype tools, responsible for trouble shooting tooling issues and resolving them in a timely manner.
Our Team
At Philips Medisize, we aspire to be the preferred partner of choice for leading global customers, to create innovative products that help people around the world live healthier, more productive lives. We are an end-to-end provider of innovation, development, and manufacturing solutions to the medical, regulated products, automotive, consumer and defense markets. Companies count on Phillips Medisize to bring their breakthrough ideas and innovative branded products to market – with confidence. As a leading global outsource provider of design and manufacturing services, we work closely with our customers to deliver proven, highly engineered products.
What You Will Do
- Lead the full lifecycle of injection mold tool build programs—from initial concept through successful production launch.
- Develop accurate cost estimates and explore project options that support effective and competitive quoting.
- Deliver innovative technical solutions that consistently meet or exceed customer and Phillips Medisize standards for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
- Conduct mold design review with suppliers to ensure that all company tooling specifications are met.
- Provide Design for Manufacturing (DFM) support, guiding customers and internal designers on optimal plastic part design and tooling strategies.
- Utilize your working knowledge of CAD (SolidWorks) to review and improve part and tool designs.
- Support part measurement techniques for mold steel sizing to achieve short term mold / process capability
- Support project financials including travel, vendor payments, and capital spend forecasting to maintain budget and profitability goals.
- Serve as a key troubleshooter, quickly identifying and resolving molding and tooling issues to minimize downtime.
- Act as a proactive liaison, working directly with customers to address and resolve technical challenges.
- Contribute to shaping the long-term vision and strategic plans for mold making and molding operations.
- Conduct thorough audits of injection mold tool builders across North America to ensure quality and compliance.
- 5 years of experience in injection molding, tool-build management
- 10 years of experience in injection molding, tool-build management preferred
- Practical knowledge of mold making and injection molding process
- Scientific Injection Molding concepts and use
- Understanding of tolerance schemes and use for metrology output
- Mold building knowledge including machining tolerances, steels, heat treating, plating, guidance, and stack up tolerances
- Experience in multi-shot processing and tooling
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Molex company, Phillips-Medisize mobilizes and deploys specialized capabilities and services across highly regulated industries, including health care, regulated consumer, automotive and defense. We design, develop and create innovative and life-changing medical technologies for millions of people around the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).