The Engineering Team develops and delivers high-quality products through robust design and manufacturing excellence. As a Senior Tooling Engineer, you will serve as the technical expert bridging between Design Team / Tool fabricate and Contract Manufacture, in tooling design, development, and optimization, supporting high-volume manufacturing.
This role requires deep expertise in tooling technologies, including injection moulding, die casting, stamping, and precision tooling systems. The Senior Tooling Engineer will lead complex tooling programs, resolve critical manufacturing challenges, and ensure tooling solutions meet stringent quality, cost, and performance targets.
Responsibilities
Tooling Design & Technical Leadership
- Lead the design, development, and qualification of complex production tooling, including multi-cavity injection molds, die-casting tools, stamping dies, and precision fixtures.
- Provide technical authority in tooling design principles, including gating systems, runner design, cooling optimization, venting strategies, and steel selection.
- Perform and review advanced tooling analysis, including mold flow simulation, thermal management, warpage prediction, and shrinkage compensation.
- Define tooling architecture and cavitation strategy to meet production capacity, cycle time, and cost targets.
- Establish tooling design standards, best practices, and engineering guidelines across projects.
Tool Development & Validation
- Lead tool fabrication, qualification, and debug, including T0, T1, and T2 trials.
- Drive process capability and validation activities, including:
- FAI (First Article Inspection)
- PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)
- Process capability studies (Cp/Cpk)
- DOE (Design of Experiments) for process optimization
- Analyze and resolve complex tooling failures, including wear, flash, short shots, sink marks, warpage, and dimensional instability.
Manufacturing Support & Troubleshooting
- Provide hands-on expertise to resolve critical tooling and moulding issues affecting yield, cycle time, or product quality.
- Lead root cause analysis using structured problem-solving tools such as 8D, Fishbone, 5-Why, and statistical analysis.
- Optimize tooling performance through improvements in:
- cooling efficiency
- cavity balance
- cycle time reduction
- Mold maintenance strategy
- tool life enhancement
Supplier & Toolmaker Management
- Act as the technical interface with global toolmakers and suppliers, reviewing tooling designs and fabrication processes.
- Evaluate supplier capabilities, perform technical audits, and ensure tooling quality standards are met.
- Manage tooling development schedules and ensure tools are delivered on time and within cost targets.
NPI & Production Ramp
- Lead tooling activities for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.
- Ensure tooling readiness for production ramp and mass manufacturing.
- Support tool transfers and replication across manufacturing sites while maintaining process consistency.
Mentorship & Engineering Excellence
- Mentor junior tooling engineers and manufacturing engineers on tool design principles and troubleshooting methods.
- Promote engineering best practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.
*ONLY APPLICABLE TO MALAYSIAN*
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
Experience
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8–12+ years of experience in tooling design, development, and manufacturing engineering.
- Extensive experience supporting high-volume manufacturing environments.
Deep Technical Knowledge
- Advanced expertise in injection mold design, including:
- multi-cavity mold architecture
- hot runner and cold runner systems
- gating strategies and gate placement
- cooling system design and thermal management
- shrinkage and warpage control
- venting and gas management
- mold steel selection and surface treatments
- Strong experience with die-casting tooling, stamping dies, or progressive tooling systems.
- In-depth knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and dimensional control.
- Experience with mold flow simulation tools (Moldflow, Moldex3D, or equivalent).
- Proficiency in 3D CAD platforms such as Creo, NX, or SolidWorks.
Leadership & Problem Solving
- Strong analytical and hands-on problem-solving skills in production environments.
- Ability to manage multiple complex tooling programs simultaneously.
- Strong technical communication and supplier management skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices.
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