Project Engineer

SlateUp is hiring an onsite Project Engineer in Mishawaka, IN with a clear focus on leading mold projects from design through production release. The role brings hands-on technical design work together with project management responsibilities, including coordination with outside tooling partners when needed. Along the way, you will support cross-functional teams and help keep projects moving with solid scope, schedule, and budget ownership.

Compensation for this position is $85,000.00 - $91,000.00 per year. Benefits include 401(k), health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, paid time off, retirement plan, and professional development assistance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in tooling build reviews to define mold build expectations and generate an internal tooling quote.
• Prepare external mold quote packages and communicate with outside sources.
• Manage outside tooling on assigned projects and report progress to the Engineering Manager.
• Design new product concepts using solid modeling software and produce fully detailed prints.
• Present concepts and project status to engineering and sales teams.
• Update part models and prints for approved ECNs.
• Verify design moldability or reverse engineer existing tooling using flow simulation software.
• Attend pre-quote meetings, analyze manufacturability, provide enhancement suggestions, and document issues to address.
• Generate part costs for quoted projects.
• Support Sales with renderings, prints, costs, prototypes, web page images, and engineering assistance.
• Review dimensional layouts and determine next steps for design, tooling, or print updates.
• Design fixtures, assembly machines, and gages, including producing fully detailed prints.
• Apply the Product Development Process based on project classification when developing new product.
• Generate and maintain project scope, schedule, and budget, ensuring the team understands roles and responsibilities.
• Direct and provide technical input to the project team.
• Serve as a single point of contact for the customer or sales team on assigned projects.
• Coordinate technical procurement needs tied to assigned projects.
• Ensure design inputs and outputs are documented and achieved.
• Work with Quality and Sales to support product compliance for projects with specific listings and/or standards.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary meetings to create approved verification tests associated with assigned projects.
• Generate and/or guide completion of work instructions for assigned projects.
• Plan and provide regular update meetings and documentation to keep the project team and/or customer current on status.
• Travel to customers, vendors, or partners as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering with product development leadership experience preferred, or 7 years of engineering experience with an emphasis in project management.
• Injection molding part design and mold design experience is very beneficial.
• Working knowledge of solid modeling, CAM, and flow simulation software is preferred.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts from trigonometry and geometry, including generally accepted CAD drawing formats.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and manage multiple abstract and concrete variables.

Technologies

• Solid modeling software
• CAM
• Flow simulation software

Work location: In person (Mishawaka, IN).