ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supplier Industrialization Execution
- Support industrialization of recent plastic components and assemblies at suppliers, ensuring readiness for production scale-up.
- Partner with suppliers to develop and validate injection molding processes, including tooling qualification, process capability, and control plans.
- Execute APQP, PPAP, and product/process validation activities for new product launches.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks during product development and launch phases.
- Support supplier selection by evaluating technical capabilities in plastics manufacturing and tooling.

Plastics Materials & Process Engineering
- Provide technical expertise in injection molding processes, tooling design, and thermoplastic materials.
- Support development and optimization of molding processes (e.g., cycle time, shrinkage, warpage, cosmetic quality).
- Evaluate and recommend materials, including engineered thermoplastics and composites, based on performance and manufacturability requirements.
- Collaborate on compounding strategies,



resin selection, and material qualification.
- Troubleshoot process and tooling issues, including mold flow, defects, and variability.

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Partner with Product Engineering to ensure designs are optimized for injection molding and high-volume manufacturing.
- Conduct tolerance stack-up analysis and support GD&T; interpretation and application.
- Review and influence tool design, gating strategies, cooling systems, and part geometry.
- performance, and production efficiency.

Global Collaboration
- Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, and Quality teams across regions to ensure successful product launches.
- Travel to supplier sites as required (2040%).

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS:

Experience
- 5–10 years of experience in plastics engineering, manufacturing engineering, or supplier industrialization.
- Hands-on experience with injection molding processes and

📌 Product Supplier Industrialization (Chennai)
🏢 ACTALENT SERVICES
📍 Chennai