Design for Manufacturing and Moulding Specialist

Full time
Denmark
Smørum
Do you know your way around injection moulding and do you enjoy troubleshooting when developing plastic parts ?

Are you a skilled Design for Manufacturing and Moulding Specialist seeking an exciting opportunity? If this resonates with you, we may have an ideal position available at Demant!

“In this role, you’ll get the chance to be part of the process from early concept to final production. You will therefore gain insight into all stages, from design to production,” says Mathias Rytter Hansen, your new manager.

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Join Our Dynamic Team:
In your role as a Design for Manufacturing and Moulding Specialist, your daily tasks include collaborating with Mechanical Designers to provide design insights and giving technical assistance to Tool Project Managers for issues related to molding processes. Occasionally, you will travel to suppliers to align molding expectations and process settings. You will utilize your practical know-how and understanding of the molding process to offer valuable input to tool designers and mechanical part designers. We believe in Design for Manufacturing as the process of “making a functional part in the most effective and simple way”.

In the Tool Design Center Team, we focus on providing valuable feedback to Mechanical Designers while designing tools for our production sites. This role is an excellent opportunity to deepen your technical understanding and explore innovative solutions. You will collaborate with colleagues to improve our working standards and share best practices.

You will report to the Manager for the Tool Design Center and be part of a team consisting of 5 Tool Designers & Design of Manufacturing specialists. The position is based at our Head Office in Smørum, Denmark, and we offer flexible work-from-home options, up to two days per week.

In this role it is expected up to approx. 30 international travel days a year.

Your primary focus will be to:
Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with R&D in New Product Introduction to mature plastic part designs for manufacturing readiness.
• Define machine specifications for new plastic parts.
• Support our Prototype Center with molding tests of new parts.
• Run FOT and process windows with suppliers.
• Travel to external suppliers for new tool qualifications.
• Use Moldex3D to simulate plastic parts and provide Design for Manufacturing inputs.

What we are looking for
The ideal candidate should have a practical approach to moulding. It is important to have a pragmatic mindset to troubleshooting in product development.

Ideally, you hold an education within tooling or molding, or relevant educational background as a plastics engineer.

Besides this, you bring:

• +5 years of relevant plastic molding experience
• Intricate knowledge of moulding process and machine setting
• CAD expertise
• High proficiency in both written and spoken English

You will be working in an organization currently undergoing a transformation to adopt an agile development setup. Familiarity with agile methodologies (SAFe) would be beneficial.

On a personal note, you take initiative, are determined, and have a keen ability to solve problems effectively.

You thrive working in a dynamic environment, where you get to utilize your good collaboration skills

Do you want to join the team?
If you’re ready to join our team, please send your motivated CV as soon as possible and no later than September 22., 2024. Please note we only accept applications via our online recruitment system.

For more information about the job, you are welcome to contact Mathias Rytter Hansen, Manager for Tool Design Center at +45 51860327 or on [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Demant we value diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of ethnic background, personality, age, gender, and education. Diversity is part of our cultural DNA. Women in STEM areas are particularly encouraged to apply, as Demant supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.

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