Flex

Tooling Engineer

Flex$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in production engineering
  • Proven background in process optimization
  • Familiarity with manufacturing technologies
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement efficient production processes
  • Monitor and analyze production metrics
  • Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot issues
  • Develop strategies for cost reduction
  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description

Job Summary

Responsibilities

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Tooling Engineer located in Manchester, CT.

Reporting to the Operations Engineering Manager, the Tooling Engineer role involves executing complex injection molding tooling projects for Medical and Consumer Products and collaborate with suppliers, customers, and team members. Your projects and customers extend beyond your office, and it's your responsibility to contribute to projects from initial conception to completion.

What a typical day looks like:

  • Manage both small and large injection mold tooling builds, repairs, or spares
  • Coordinate with other team members as needed during mold design, mold build, mold qualification, sampling, and final part approval
  • Ability to quote full scale injection mold tooling projects, as well as repairs, refurbishments, or components
  • Involvement in troubleshooting issues with production molds
  • Involvement in DFM/FMEA activities both internally and with customers
  • Provide status reports to management and customers as needed.

The experience were looking to add to our team:

  • B.A. or B.S. in Engineering or related field or relevant work experience.
  • Must have at least 3-5 years of experience in plastic injection mold manufacturing.
  • Should have relevant experience in a regulated industry (medical, automotive, electronics) - medical preferred.
  • Experience in qualification of complex, high cavitation, tight tolerance injection molds.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and communication skills required.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of Injection Mold Design and Injection Mold Processing techniques.

What youll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 07-09-2026 Job Posting End Date 08-28-2026 Job CategoryProduction Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
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