Plastics Engineer Iii

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world-from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better.
Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our nearly 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 12,500 employees  and a presence in approximately 100 countries , extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe. We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future. 

Position summary:
This engineer will lead Plastics and Process engineering activity for development, capacity expansion, continuity of supply, and maintenance of business functions.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering functions in support of the design, development, and manufacturing scale up of lens products and platforms.
• Identification, selection, and installation of primary and secondary processing equipment.
• Identification and selection of plastic materials for ongoing development and material obsolescence.
• Critique of part designs for Design for Manufacturability and optimum molding performance including use of simulation software to assess manufacturability.
• Critique new tool designs for robust mechanical design and optimum molding performance.
• Ability to troubleshoot tooling and process issues with established platforms.
• Coordinate activities with external suppliers, molders, tool makers, and material suppliers.
• Support tooling debug and process development with suppliers.
• Responsible for development of processes that consistently yields parts conforming to specifications.
• Create and execute design of experiments to establish robust manufacturing process performance.
• Conduct technology transfer of new products and processes.
• Evaluate new plastics and process technologies.
• Lead process qualifications and validations with generation of appropriate documentation.

Qualifications/experience:

• BS - Plastics or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years of engineering experience with injection molding process or tooling.
• Experience with Minitab, Tableau, RJG, Six Sigma, DOE, Design software (SolidWorks).
• Strong knowledge of injection molding equipment, process, and tooling required.
• Experience in direct support of development and manufacturing.
• Demonstrated skills in plastic component design, injection mold tooling expertise, tight tolerance process development and validation.
• Project / team management and familiarity with FDA regulated products.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical capabilities with experience in DOE.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing concepts, working knowledge of materials and injection molding fabrication methods.
• Position requires strong communication and interactive skills, capable of working independently or on project teams as required.
• Familiar with Product & Process Development Phase/Gate Methodology.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

As required by New York State's pay transparency bill, Bausch + Lomb provides a good faith minimum and maximum salary range of compensation for roles that can or will be performed, in New York State.  Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.  For New York State, the range of starting annual base pay for this role is $84,000 - $129,000.
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