苹果Plastic Tooling Engineer
任职要求
Minimum Qualifications • BS or MS Plastics Engineer preferred (Plastics Engineering; ME, Chem E) • Minimum 8 years plastic processing (injection molding preferred) experience in molding and / or plastic materials industry. • Experience debugging complex tools and processes. • Experience processing a wide variety of materials. • Able to communicate (verbal and written) technical information in English. Knowledge of fluency in Mandarin is a plus. Preferred…
工作职责
- Manage molding trials for new programs, providing feedback for corrective actions to tooling engineering, molding and material suppliers. - Establish necessary process parameters for a given part to meet all Apple functional and cosmetic requirements. - Act as first level engineering response to production quality issues for molded plastic parts. - Determine root cause, and where appropriate, institute corrective actions. - Collaborate with supply management, product design and quality engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility, aesthetics and production process control of new part designs. - Participate in supplier factory audits and assessments to define their capabilities and suitability for molding Apple products. - Take the leading role in suggesting or adopting ideas for improving productivity and quality of part manufacturing, molding and tooling techniques. - Train supplier engineers at plastic manufacturing plants in Asia to apply new materials and processing techniques. - Develop collaborative relationships with Apple suppliers through training and quality control visits. - Will be an advisor to plants and cross functional team members on maintaining correct controls on the processes and inspection certificates on the materials.
You will be a part of collaborative environment contributing to the creation, evaluation, and implementation of end-to-end manufacturing solutions for Apple’s products. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Quality Engineering, Global Supply Management, Product Design, and Industrial Design in order to ensure our manufacturing solutions meet our product quality, cost, yield, capacity, schedule, and environmental goals. You will be expected to: - Evaluate product and industrial design goals to understand the dimensional, cosmetic, and functional priorities for the product - Collaborate with Global Supply Managers and Apple’s manufacturing suppliers to align on a manufacturing development strategy with clear goals, deliverables, and schedules - Identify and validate suitable fabrication equipment and processes to meet all Apple design and operational requirements - Develop and document processes including all parameters, consumables and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications - Conduct process optimization DOE’s, using data-driven and hands-on approaches together to find solutions to complex challenges - Communicate ongoing process development status to cross-functional teams and lead discussions to align design requirements with manufacturing capability - Willingness to travel internationally to support manufacturing partner sites and collaborate with in-region team members - Familiarity with a phase gate product development approach You may be asked to lead development in one or more of the following areas: - Tooling manufacturing machine: machining process and accuracy by process, machine brand and application - Plastic material related: typical resin type, supplier, shrinkage selection, amorphous, Crystalline/semi crystalline materials characteristic and key points - Injection molding process basic knowledges: injection machine selection key tips, injection machine type and trouble shooting basic knowledge - Plastic tooling design related: single shot, double shot, LSR, insert-molding, tool design experience, DFM working experience and Mold-flow basic knowledge - Control (SPC) data analysis. Identify automation opportunities and justify automation projects based on automation line efficiency metrics - Tooling issue FACA experience: dimension and cosmetic typical issues FACA analysis capability
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create? The Role: As a Senior Tooling Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the design, fabrication, and validation of tooling for product development. You will work with Product Design, Mechanical Process Engineers, and Supply Chain Management to identify supply base vendors and fabrication technologies. You will be responsible for creating tooling designs to deliver consumer products with demanding fit and finish requirements. You will develop, investigate, and implement industry best practices in tool design and construction. You will be required to validate a wide range of materials and processes including plastic molding, metal part fabrication, and decorative processes. In this role, you will: - Collaborate with Product Design, Industrial Design, and Mechanical Process Engineering teams to support product development - Collaborate with Lab126 suppliers to design and fabricate world-class tooling - Manage tool design, fabrication, and validation at the supply base - Drive analytical modeling and analysis of tooling concepts and design through "Mold Flow" and similar software - Have excellent oral and written communication skills including effective presentation of complex data - Support the design, manufacture, and coordinate the procurement of dimensional and functional jigs / fixtures for tooling validation - Develop the Lab126 supply base to utilize new materials and fabrication techniques for injection molding - Be required to mentor and develop junior engineers as necessary - Identify technical risks and define mitigation plan - Travel domestically and internationally to supplier sites as projects require
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create? The Role: As a Tooling Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the design, fabrication, and validation of tooling for product development. You will work with Product Design, Mechanical Process Engineers, and Supply Chain Management to identify supply base vendors and fabrication technologies. You will be responsible for creating tooling designs to deliver consumer products with demanding fit and finish requirements. You will develop, investigate, and implement industry best practices in tool design and construction. You will be required to validate a wide range of materials and processes including plastic molding, metal part fabrication, and decorative processes. In this role, you will: - Collaborate with Product Design, Industrial Design, and Mechanical Process Engineering teams to support product development - Collaborate with Lab126 suppliers to design and fabricate world-class tooling - Manage tool design, fabrication, and validation at the supply base - Drive analytical modeling and analysis of tooling concepts and design through "Mold Flow" and similar software - Have excellent oral and written communication skills including effective presentation of complex data - Support the design, manufacture, and coordinate the procurement of dimensional and functional jigs / fixtures for tooling validation - Develop the Lab126 supply base to utilize new materials and fabrication techniques for injection molding - Be required to mentor and develop junior engineers as necessary - Identify technical risks and define mitigation plan - Travel domestically and internationally to supplier sites as projects require
We are looking for someone who is passionate about engineering and thrives on innovation to help build the tooling for the world’s most innovative mobile devices.