Job Description Job Description Shape How Products Are Made
Join an industry-leading manufacturing team as the engineer who turns complex ideas into repeatable, high-quality production. As our Injection Molding Process & Automation Engineer, you'll develop and refine process standards, elevate quality systems, and launch improvements that impact both current and next-generation products on the plant floor.
A day in the life
Morning starts with a quick scan of quality dashboards and production KPIs. You walk the molding cells, check fill/pack/hold profiles, and review last night's alarms. A Fanuc robot needs a minor path tweak to prevent part scuffing-done. Before lunch, you design a DOE to validate a new resin parameter window. Afternoon brings a cross-functional huddle with maintenance and operators to lock in a stable, documented process for a new tool. You finish by capturing lessons learned and updating work instructions.
What you will do
- Develop, document, and optimize molding and assembly processes that improve yield, cycle time, and part quality for both existing and new products.
- Own quality procedures on the line: apply data-driven problem solving, SPC, and corrective actions to reduce scrap and variability.
- Program, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial robots (Fanuc highly preferred) to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient part handling.
- Lead structured experiments (DOE) to establish robust processing windows and validate changes.
- Diagnose and resolve issues with industrial automation and auxiliary equipment alongside maintenance and production teams.
- Standardize work and train operators/technicians on best practices and new procedures.
Schedule & employment
- Direct-hire role (no contract or temp period)
- Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. with flexible scheduling
What you bring
- Bachelor's degree.
- Hands-on manufacturing experience; automotive background preferred.
- Experience as a Process Technician and/or Process Engineer.
- Injection molding expertise, including start-up, setup, and parameter optimization.
- Industrial robot programming skills; Fanuc experience strongly preferred.
- Proven troubleshooting ability for industrial automation equipment.
- Process engineering fundamentals, production optimization, and quality control data analysis.
- Process development experience and competency with Design of Experiments (DOE).
Equipment you'll encounter
- Injection molding machines: Nissei, Sodick, Arburg
- Industrial robots: Fanuc