Mold Design Engineer

Position Summary

The Mold Design Engineer is responsible for mold design, detailed mold drawings, mold modifications, technical trial support, container design and bottle inspection. This position works closely with sales, customers, manufacturing facilities, headquarters and engineering teams to support pilot mold development, production mold design and molding operations.

The ideal candidate will have experience in 2D and 3D CAD design, mold engineering, technical documentation and manufacturing processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Mold Design & CAD Engineering

• Create 2D and 3D CAD drawings for mold designs, including preform designs, mold assembly drawings and individual mold component drawings.

• Develop detailed mold specifications and technical documentation.

• Create and maintain bills of materials (BOMs) for each mold.

• Document and maintain mold item codes and identification numbers.

• Prepare mold modification drawings based on final product requirements.

• Maintain revision records for mold modifications and communicate updates to headquarters and relevant engineering teams.

• Ensure drawings and technical reports meet established quality standards.

Mold Management & Organization

• Organize and maintain mold units, components and parts received from manufacturing facilities.

• Maintain accurate inventories of mold components for future pilot mold projects.

• Coordinate the storage, organization and disposal of obsolete mold components.

• Maintain confidential mold drawings and technical documentation.

Mold Trials & Technical Support

• Plan and coordinate pilot and production mold trials.

• Maintain and update mold trial schedules.

• Document mold modifications, molding parameters and bottle inspection results.

• Communicate technical findings to manufacturing teams to support production mold development.

• Provide technical support to molding engineers throughout the development and production process.

Technical Design & Feasibility Studies

• Evaluate mold designs for technical feasibility and manufacturability.

• Provide estimates for mold cavitation and cycle times.

• Assess special machine and mold requirements.

• Evaluate opportunities to share or reuse mold components across projects.

• Identify opportunities to improve mold performance, efficiency and design.

Container Design & Development

• Review and interpret customer drawings, CAD models and physical samples.

• Convert customer specifications into detailed 3D models and 2D engineering drawings.

• Collaborate with sales teams to submit designs for customer review and approval.

• Support container design modifications based on customer requirements and manufacturing feasibility