Principal Polymer Processing Engineer, Injection Molding

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💵 $138.7k - $176.9k / year

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CONMED Corporation

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1970

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2022-05

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

CONMED Corporation is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures, and sells surgical equipment and instruments specifically for Orthopedic, General, and Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. The company focuses on innovation and has a wide range of products including surgical power tools, implants, electrosurgical units, and smoke evacuation solutions. Through its mission to support healthcare partners and improve patient outcomes, CONMED is dedicated to enhancing surgical efficiency and safety across various medical specialties.

📋 Description

• Advance injection molding capabilities, polymer processing technologies, and manufacturing performance across CONMED • Provide technical leadership for plastic-part design geometry, injection mold conceptualization, manufacturing and performance testing, molding-cell equipment selection, process optimization and qualification, and sustaining production support • Serve as technical advisor and subject matter expert for molders, molding equipment, process optimization, mold design, tooling engineering, metrology, MSA, and quality-engineering capability assessments • Lead development, optimization, qualification, and validation of complex injection molding processes, equipment, molds, and supporting technologies • Establish processing strategies using polymer science, material characteristics, part and mold design, equipment capability, and product requirements • Apply scientific molding principles and structured experimentation to define processing windows and ensure repeatable, capable, controlled processes • Provide technical direction for tight-tolerance, complex-geometry, engineered-resin, high-performance-polymer, multi-material, insert-molding, and overmolding applications • Evaluate emerging polymer-processing technologies and recommend investments • Develop and maintain technical standards, engineering practices, design guidelines, specifications, and process-development methodologies • Partner with R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Supply Chain on new product development and transfers • Provide design-for-manufacturability guidance on polymer selection, molded-part geometry, tooling, tolerances, gating, cooling, shrinkage, warpage, and process capability • Lead or oversee mold-flow analysis, tool-design reviews, mold manufacturing and testing, process characterization, equipment testing, and manufacturing-readiness assessments • Lead transitions from development through validation, commercialization, and sustained production • Define critical process parameters and support inspection, monitoring, and control strategies • Develop or approve protocols, reports, engineering studies, acceptance criteria, statistical analyses, and supporting documentation • Ensure compliance with quality-system requirements, engineering standards, regulatory expectations, and internal procedures • Support FMEAs, control plans, process-risk assessments, technical investigations, audits, inspections, and customer inquiries • Resolve complex molding and tooling issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, capacity, cost, and customer service • Improve cycle time, scrap, yield, process capability, automation, tooling, material utilization, reliability, variation, and equipment effectiveness • Support capital-equipment selection, supplier evaluation, installation, qualification, and production implementation • Lead design/material changes, product and process transfers, supplier transitions, capacity expansion, and manufacturing-network initiatives • Develop technically supported business cases and recommendations • Act as technical consultant to engineering teams, operations leaders, project teams, and senior leadership • Lead cross-functional initiatives across products, departments, suppliers, and manufacturing locations • Build partnerships with equipment manufacturers, toolmakers, resin suppliers, contract manufacturers, consultants, and external technical resources • Mentor engineers, technicians, molders, and manufacturing professionals; develop training and repeatable engineering methods • Contribute to CONMED’s long-term polymer-processing and manufacturing-technology roadmap

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Polymer Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or closely related technical discipline • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible engineering experience involving injection molding, polymer processing, plastics manufacturing, tooling, or closely related manufacturing technologies • 2 years of experience troubleshooting injection molded parts noncompliance opportunities and determining root causes across part design, raw materials, molding processes, molds, equipment, inspection, packaging, storage, and transit • 2 years of experience leading complex technical projects and influencing decisions across multiple functions • Experience developing or reviewing engineering protocols, validation documents, technical reports, specifications, risk assessments, and process documentation • Experience in a regulated medical-device, pharmaceutical, life-sciences, automotive, aerospace, or similarly controlled manufacturing environment • Experience with injection molding of medical-device components or other high-precision, high-reliability products • Working knowledge of FDA quality-system requirements, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, good manufacturing practices, and process-validation expectations • Expertise in specialized processes such as insert molding, overmolding, micro-molding, multi-shot molding, silicone molding, high-temperature materials, or bio-compatible polymers • Experience with mold-flow simulation and analysis tools • Experience with automation, in-mold sensing, process-monitoring systems, machine connectivity, or advanced manufacturing controls • Experience with toolmakers, resin suppliers, equipment manufacturers, and contract manufacturers • Experience with mold design conceptualization, mold manufacturing, mold functional performance testing, and mold predictive and preventive maintenance programs • Demonstrated expertise in injection molding process development, optimization, validation, troubleshooting, and mold design/performance testing • Advanced knowledge of thermoplastic materials, polymer behavior, resin handling, drying, rheology, shrinkage, warpage, degradation, and material-process interactions • Demonstrated experience applying scientific molding principles, design of experiments, statistical analysis, process-capability methods, and structured root-cause analysis • Demonstrated ability to independently define problems, evaluate technical alternatives, and deliver sustainable solutions to highly complex engineering challenges • Strong written, verbal, presentation, and technical documentation skills • Position is not eligible for employer-based sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage • Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED • Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period • Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price • Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses • Employee Referral Program incentives