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We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. The Principal, Molding & Tooling Engineering leads strategic and technical initiatives related to injection molding processes, mold/tooling design, and manufacturing optimization. This role ensures tooling solutions are innovative, cost-effective, scalable, and meet performance and quality standards. The Principal Engineer will collaborate cross-functionally with design, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to support new product introduction (NPI) and continuous improvement across global operations. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Supports molding production as subject matter expert pertaining to liquid silicone molding and 2k or 2 shot molding processes.
• Designing arrangement of manufacturing equipment to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designing the sequence of production operations, specifying procedures for the fabrication of applicable tools and equipment, and adapting machinery in response to factory conditions.
• Conducting tests throughout all stages of production to determine control over applicable variables and troubleshooting/solving production problems.
• Providing guidance to product design engineering on technical specifications that will best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensuring that production processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Project Management of new equipment purchases including capex financial management.
• Collaboration with internal customers and external suppliers at a detailed technical level.
• Onboarding of new technologies such as double shot injection molding. Ground up injection molding process building using a variety of plastics (E.g. Polycarbonate, acrylic, LSR - liquid silicone rubber) and name brands of equipment. (E.g. Nissei, Husky, Arburg, & Engel).
• Process/Equipment qualification - IQ/OQ/PQ & troubleshooting via scientific molding principles.
• All other duties as assigned.

KEY SKILLS:

• 2K Molding expertise
• Liquid silicone rubber processing expertise
• Thermoplastics expertise (PC, ABS)
• Scientific Molding Principles
• Injection Molding & Tooling Design
• Process Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
• DFM/DFA (Design for Manufacturing/Assembly)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Vendor Management
• Continuous Improvement / Six Sigma

• Supports molding production as subject matter expert pertaining to liquid silicone molding and 2k or 2 shot molding processes.
• Designing arrangement of manufacturing equipment to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designing the sequence of production operations, specifying procedures for the fabrication of applicable tools and equipment, and adapting machinery in response to factory conditions.
• Conducting tests throughout all stages of production to determine control over applicable variables and troubleshooting/solving production problems.
• Providing guidance to product design engineering on technical specifications that will best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensuring that production processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Project Management of new equipment purchases including capex financial management.
• Collaboration with internal customers and external suppliers at a detailed technical level.
• Onboarding of new technologies such as double shot injection molding. Ground up injection molding process building using a variety of plastics (E.g. Polycarbonate, acrylic, LSR - liquid silicone rubber) and name brands of equipment. (E.g. Nissei, Husky, Arburg, & Engel).
• Process/Equipment qualification - IQ/OQ/PQ & troubleshooting via scientific molding principles.
• All other duties as assigned