- Aurora, Illinois, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Mid
The Process Engineer is the plant technical authority for establishing, optimizing, and sustaining capable molding processes. Approximately 80% of the role is focused on hands-on technical process engineering, while 20% applies to structured continuous improvement methods.
Responsibilities
- Establish, document, and maintain robust molding process windows, setup standards, centerline settings, and operating limits.
- Apply statistical process control, control charts, process capability analysis, and trend analysis to evaluate stability.
- Lead capability studies, process trials, designed experiments, first-article runs, and production validations.
- Diagnose sources of variation related to machine conditions, mold performance, resin, colorant, drying, temperature, pressure, velocity, cooling, environment, and operator methods.
- Partner with Quality to define critical-to-quality characteristics, sampling plans, measurement methods, and reaction plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Plastics Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Packaging Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering