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Sr. Tooling Engineer, Plastic Injection Molding (Starlink)

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Starlink Mfg - BA
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Tooling Engineer responsible for development, qualification, and implementation of plastic injection tooling and manufacturing process technologies to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions for Starlink products. Focus on integrating design, material, and process selections across multiple programs with strong collaboration and supplier management.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of new plastic injection tooling projects to meet product performance and cosmetic requirements
  • Lead and refine the design for manufacturing process by collaborating with supply management, product design, industrial design, and manufacturing engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility, and aesthetics of new plastic part and tooling designs
  • Research and identify new materials, manufacturing technologies, and finish options
  • Inform estimations of prototype and production manufacturing costs - tooling, secondary assembly, secondary finishing, and piece part
  • Participate in supplier audits and final supplier selection
  • Write prototype/development tooling RFQs
  • Publish and maintain a live master tooling schedule
  • Conduct final approval for tooling design by performing DFM with supplier, including reviewing draft, gating strategy, Moldflow, and Mold Warp analysis
  • Review and approve prototype/development tool designs, and tooling maintenance procedures
  • Track suppliers' weekly build progress while participating in T1 samples
  • Conduct final approval for releasing tooling to production teams by assessing part quality at tooling trials, generating FAI and PPAP reports
  • Decide corrective actions and direct tooling teams to perform tooling modifications when parts do not conform to design specifications

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, materials engineering or other engineering discipline; OR 10+ years of professional experience engineering injection mold tools in lieu of a degree
  • 5+ years of professional experience in direct hands-on injection mold design and/or injection mold construction

Skills

Required:Injection mold designTooling project managementDesign for Manufacturing (DFM)

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity Employer
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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