What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Development Engineer - Thermoforming position at Amcor Rigid Packaging?
Neenah, US Deerfield, US
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Role Summary: As a member of AFNA's R&D team, you will support new product launches for thermoformed products across the MPS, GCI, Liquid & Dairy business segments. The purpose of this role is to manage new product introductions from the idea/prototype phase through production tool commercialization. This role works closely with account managers, marketing, product management, external design engineers, external tool engineers & mold shops, process engineers, production team members, and quality in the early phases of product development. This role is customer-facing, providing direct support to the commercial team. This role is accountable for delivering new thermoforming development projects, monitor progress, communicate internally and externally regarding key deliverables, and proactively address issues.
What you will do:
- Demonstrate Amcor's values of Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability and Results & Outperformance in your work.
- Conduct design reviews where you will identify and translate abstract customer needs into defined CTQ's and provide input on part features to improve the manufacturability of the parts.
- Lead new commercial tool introductions and oversee the process from start to finish on schedule through a stage gate process.
- Lead process development of the thermoforming operation through parameter optimization, DOE experiments, and trials that will lead to a robust and repeatable process for new product tools at both Amcor & co-manufacturing sites.
- Select vendors to fabricate the tooling and sign-off for acceptance of tooling.
- Work closely with production and quality on initial tool debugging, followed by process validation and establishing the optimal forming/trimming window and setting processing specifications.
- Work closely with engineering, sales, quality, and operations to ensure parts meet customer specifications.
- Provide expertise and recommendations on manufacturing equipment needed to support the current business and enable capability for future growth.
- Originate innovative ideas to support the R&D product innovation and technology strategy.
- Manage competing priorities while working on customer specific projects, platforms initiated by Amcor, cost take-out (CTO) initiatives and long-term product and process innovations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field is preferred.
- Thermoforming, part design and/or mold-making experience is preferred.
- 5 years of industry experience in plastics manufacturing & processing (i.e., extrusion, thermoforming, and tooling).
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking skills & attention to detail.
- 30-50% travel - mostly domestic - to customer, Amcor & co-manufacturing sites.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment with proven results leading capital projects working with OEMs and suppliers
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC
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