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In this role, you will apply sound design for manufacturability, assembly, and automation principles to ensure our product designs can be manufactured efficiently.\nWhat You Will Do\nWork within the Design Development Process (DDP) to design products for and with our customers, primarily in the medical device, drug delivery, and diagnostic industries.\nUse CAD systems like SolidWorks or Creo to create 3D models, assemblies, and tolerance stack-up analyses that meet product requirements and verify fit, form, and function.\nDevelop appropriate assembly and test fixtures to aid in the manufacture and testing of the design.\nIntegrate supplied/identified electronic elements as necessary into the design.\nDevelop appropriate drawings to detail product and assembly specifications and tolerances in a manner compliant with ASME or other design standards (i.e. ISO).\nMaintain a design journal and design documentation that identify product risk and track design changes throughout the DDP, and contribute to design reviews, risk assessments (e.g., DFMEA), and design history file content.\nParticipate in concept ideation sessions.\nCreate 3D models, assemblies, and tolerance stack-up analyses to verify fit, form, and function.\nApply design for manufacturability, assembly, and automation (DFM/DFA) principles to injection-molded components and assemblies.\nCollaborate with tooling, molding, manufacturing, quality, and automation engineers to resolve design and process issues, including mold design reviews, tool trials, and first-article inspection, and recommend design or tooling changes.\nBuild, test, and evaluate prototypes (including 3D-printed parts) to confirm designs and support design verification activities.\nPrepare design documentation and contribute to design reviews, risk assessments (e.g., DFMEA), and design history file content.\nSelect materials and components based on performance, cost, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements.\nFollow quality system requirements, including design controls (e.g., ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR 820) and company procedures.\n\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\n5+ years of CAD experience (SolidWorks or Creo) with plastic injection-molded products or molds\nExperience designing injection molding processes at the component and assembly level\nDesign for Manufacturability (DFM) experience focused on plastic injection molding assembly methods such as snaps, sonic welding, press fit, sealing and joining methods\n\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nMulti-shot and metal injection molding experience\nAssociate's or Bachelor's degree\nMedical device, Diagnostics, or drug delivery systems design experience\nExperience in designing in regulatory environments.\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.\n\nHiring Philosophy\nAll Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.\n\nWho We Are\nAt Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.\n\nOur Benefits\nOur goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.\nAdditionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.\n\nEqual Opportunities\nEqual Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. 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