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Rain Bird

Senior Tooling Engineer

Rain Bird, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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We are looking for an experienced, action-oriented, hands‑on Senior Tooling Engineer to help Rain Bird source complex plastic injection molds. The Senior Tooling Engineer sources mold from some of the best mold makers in the world and directs mold refurbishments from competent shops. The Senior Tooling Engineer will participate in new product development teams crafting the next new irrigation product for Rain Bird and will find new ways to become more cost‑content.

Responsibilities

Responsible for specification and successful procurement of injection mold tooling required for new product development parts and replacement molds

Identify, justify and implement quality improvement projects to improve the performance and consistency of injection molded components.

Responsible for coordination of maintenance and repair of injection mold tooling for several high‑volume product lines

Identify, justify, and implement cost reduction projects to reduce cost of injection molded components.

Develop new tooling constructions technologies that take our company to the next level of performance by reducing cost and increasing quality

Manage tool design, fabrication, process development, and qualification at the supplier

Collaborate with Design Engineers, Process Engineers, and Quality Engineers to develop and improve product designs for robust injection molded components.

Qualifications

BS Degree in an Engineering discipline

10+ years of hands‑on experience involving specification, procurement, and qualification of molds for injection molded components

Proficient with the use of Design for Manufacturing, SPC, DOE and Six Sigma techniques

Service oriented, I’ll‑figure‑it‑out, action‑oriented attitude

Working knowledge of plastic and elastomeric materials

Experience collaborating with supply management, product design, industrial design, and manufacturing groups on material selection, design feasibility and aesthetics of new plastic part & tooling designs

Proven track record of developing complex mold tooling for production of high quality, low‑cost, high‑volume components

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Work, Excel, Outlook, Project)

Ability to perform financial analysis and cost justifications

Well organized, enthusiastic, high energy, strong work ethic

Travel up to 25% of work schedule to Mexico, the US and China.

Desired Qualifications

Proficient in the use of CAD (SolidWorks) and mold flow analysis

Experience with PVC processing & molds

Experience in managing complex development programs with overseas tooling vendors (Asia)

Supervisory experience

Willing to travel to the US, Mexico & China to support Rain Bird molds

Bilingual – English, Spanish, and /or Chinese

Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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