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Job Description:
Job Description: Senior Engineer – Tooling & Polymer Technology
Location: Bengaluru, India (R&D; Centre)
Position Type: Full time
We are seeking a Senior Engineer to handle the design, tooling development, and track production of high-volume hard good consumer products. You will oversee the complete lifecycle of molded components from polymer selection to production rollout at manufacturing site, while managing cross-functional stakeholder collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Product Design: Lead the design and development of hard good consumer products tailored for the mass market.
- Tool Engineering: Review, design, and optimize 3D mold layouts for multi-cavity injection tooling.
- Material Selection:
Select engineering polymers and elastomers optimized for mechanical wear and flexibility.
- Lab Validation: Conduct laboratory evaluations, generate performance reports, and build complete technical data packages including standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- DFM Engineering: Lead Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews to reduce cycle times and eliminate structural defects.
- IP Management: Experience navigating patent landscapes and drafting technical documentation for freedom-to-operate evaluations
- Supplier Coordination: Manage tooling vendors directly to ensure tool construction matches technical specifications.
- Quality & Support: Handle customer complaints by conducting root-cause analysis on failed plastics and implementing design fixes.
- Cross-Functional Liaison: Coordinate seamlessly with internal teams (R&D;, Sourcing, Quality, Life Cycle Management, Vendor Development) and external suppliers.
- Commercial Enablement: Create technical sales pitch documents, cond