Senior Plastic Product Design Engineer (Medical Device)

Job Title: Senior Plastic Product Design Engineer
Location: Broadview Heights, OH

Seeking a Plastic Product Design Engineer with a strong focus on injection-molded plastic part design, robust tolerance control, and end-to-end mechanical development execution.

Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience in medical device new product development (NPI), including familiarity with design controls and regulated environments.
• Experience with assemblies involving plastics integrated with metals and other materials.

Experience Required

• Bachelor''s degree required.
• Senior-level experience in the mechanical design of injection-molded plastic components.
• Strong proficiency in CAD systems; Creo strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience developing and analyzing tolerance stack-ups for complex assemblies.
• Proven capability in creating detailed engineering drawings.
• Experience leading small project scopes or subsystem development.
• Strong ability to communicate across teams and interface with vendors.

Roles & Responsibilities

Mechanical Design & Development

• Lead the design of injection-molded plastic components, as well as other types of mechanical parts, from concept through design release, incorporating DFM principles and manufacturability constraints.
• Develop and maintain 3D CAD models, assemblies, and detailed drawings aligned with project and documentation requirements.

Tolerance & Drawing Ownership

• Develop and validate tolerance stack-ups to ensure fit, function, and performance across assemblies.
• Own engineering drawings, dimensioning strategy, and release-ready documentation.
• Drive design decisions using tolerance analysis to mitigate risk and ensure manufacturability and reliability.

Technical Leadership

• Lead defined sub-portions of the project, managing design execution, risks, and deliverables.
• Provide clear status updates and proactively escalate issues impacting scope, schedule, or performance.

Vendor Interface

• Interface with vendors on DFM reviews, tooling strategies, and part optimization.
• Incorporate vendor feedback into design iterations while maintaining performance and timeline targets.