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Subject Matter Expert - Molding - Chennai

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Hybrid (Chennai)Full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Subject Matter Expert focusing on molding for plastic parts, collaborating with Supply Management, Product Design, Industrial Design, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to drive design and process improvements, productivity, and quality in molding and tooling techniques. Travel within region required.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshooting issues in a scientific approach using tools and techniques such as decoupled molding, scientific molding, Tolerance Analysis, SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma.
  • Take the leading role in driving improvement of productivity and quality of plastic part manufacturing, molding and tooling techniques.
  • Serve as Apple’s internal expert for molding process with thorough understanding of material properties and tool component fabrication techniques.
  • Participate in new material development, new process development and innovation.
  • Frequent travel within region is required.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8 years in plastic tool design, mold making, molding industry
  • Minimum 5 years in molding process position
  • Bachelor Degree and above in Engineering, Plastics Technology, Polymer Science or equivalent
  • Experience in developing plastic processing parameters with hands-on experience in mold setup, process optimization and problem solving
  • Experience in managing and developing precision parts, high pace and mass volume products with multiple vendors in parallel
  • Good knowledge of geometric dimensioning, hot runner systems application and scientific molding technique
  • Systematic, analytical and strong trouble shooting skills
  • Ability to analyze mold flow analysis, scientific study and provide improvement feedback
  • Good knowledge in materials such as engineering plastic, liquid silicone rubber, thermal plastics, primer and epoxy
  • Extensive experience in molding process setup, improvement and optimization
  • Proficient in written, presentation and verbal communication

Skills

Required:Troubleshooting (scientific molding)Molding process optimizationMold design and toolingMaterial properties know-howMold flow analysisGeometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Benefits

  • Accessibility and inclusion emphasis in workplace culture
  • Company-provided benefits typical of Apple roles (not explicitly listed in description)
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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