Engineer or Sr. Engineer/Tooling Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the design, development, and validation of rubber injection moulds and associated fixtures, ensuring alignment with product requirements, manufacturing feasibility, and global tooling standards.
• Initiate and manage mould and fixture requests within the VENION system, including accurate creation, documentation, and tracking of tooling orders.
• Monitor and follow up on all tools throughout the complete manufacturing lifecycle, from design release through fabrication, trials, and final acceptance at supplier facilities, to ensure adherence to committed timelines.
• Ensure mould and fixture quality through structured inspections, supplier audits, and trial evaluations, verifying compliance with defined technical specifications, including tolerances related to rubber flow, venting, curing, and part ejection.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams across Europe and the Americas, including engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing, to ensure alignment on tooling requirements and project milestones.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform effectively in a dynamic environment, managing tight deadlines, parallel activities, and frequent changes in priorities while maintaining delivery and quality objectives.
• Manage global tool inventory and availability, ensuring accurate tracking of moulds and fixtures delivered to India plants as well as global locations supplied from India.
• Willingness to travel frequently within India and internationally (Europe and the Americas) as required for supplier coordination, tool follow-up, inspections, trial support, and incorporation of manufacturing feedback from plant operations.
• Cooperation and extension of design guidelines. Support of internal Projects, etc.
• Design of Vulcanization proto molds/ tools and devices for rubber to metal parts.
• Improvement/modification of existing vulcanization moulds and devices.
• Placing and monitoring of design tasks performed by tool manufacturers.

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