At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. The Principal, Molding & Tooling Engineering leads strategic and technical initiatives related to injection molding processes, mold/tooling design, and manufacturing optimization. This role ensures tooling solutions are innovative, cost-effective, scalable, and meet performance and quality standards. The Principal Engineer will collaborate cross-functionally with design, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to support new product introduction (NPI) and continuous improvement across global operations. In this role, a typical day will include:

Supports molding production as subject matter expert pertaining to liquid silicone molding and 2k or 2 shot molding processes.

Designing arrangement of manufacturing equipment to ensure most efficient and productive layout.

Designing the sequence of production operations, specifying procedures for the fabrication of applicable tools and equipment, and adapting machinery in response to factory conditions.

Conducting tests throughout all stages of production to determine control over applicable variables and troubleshooting/solving production problems.

Providing guidance to product design engineering on technical specifications that will best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Ensuring that production processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Project Management of new equipment purchases including capex financial management.

Collaboration with internal customers and external suppliers at a detailed technical level.

Onboarding of new technologies such as double shot injection molding. Ground up injection molding process building using a variety of plastics (E.g. Polycarbonate, acrylic, LSR - liquid silicone rubber) and name brands of equipment. (E.g. Nissei, Husky, Arburg, & Engel).

Process/Equipment qualification - IQ/OQ/PQ & troubleshooting via scientific molding principles.

All other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9 yrs; M.S.+2 yrs; PhD+0 yrs)

The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

5 Years of Relevant Experience

KEY SKILLS:

2K Molding expertise

Liquid silicone rubber processing expertise

Thermoplastics expertise (PC, ABS)

Scientific Molding Principles

Injection Molding & Tooling Design

Process Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)

DFM/DFA (Design for Manufacturing/Assembly)

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Vendor Management

Continuous Improvement / Six Sigma

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves.

See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities.

Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!

Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off and much more.

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Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.