Senior Tool Design Engineer

Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, Ireland

Company Overview

Prior PLM Medical offers Product Lifecycle Management Solutions to the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Sectors in support of our customers’ new product development programs and as part of our ongoing efforts to improve patient healthcare and wellbeing. Prior PLM Medical specializes in assisting companies to develop medical device platforms for disease management solutions in many Treatment areas including Respiratory, Circulatory, Endocrine, and Immunology.

Our clients include Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies. Our dedicated and highly experienced team of engineers, scientists, and toolmakers specialize in the design, analysis development, and commercialization of complex innovative medical devices to improve disease management capabilities for the patient. Prior PLM Medical is now entering an ambitious growth phase and is recruiting ambitious, high-Caliber personnel to join our teams focused on exciting customer projects. 

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Tool Design Engineer to lead the tooling development from the Pilot Tooling Phase to the Industrialisation Phase, providing detailed design and tool manufacturing support to assigned projects.


Responsibilities (Summary)

  • Designing cassette, single and multi-cavity high precision moulds for demanding technical applications
  • Successful management and delivery of new tooling projects to agreed project time scale and budgets
  • Successful handover of new projects from a pre-production stage to mass production at Prior PLM Medical and within predetermined quality and cost guidelines
  • Specification of Hot Runner, Cold Runner / Semi Hot Runner, Valve gated systems

Nice to have

  • Manufacturing Experience
  • Qualification in Project Management (PMP or equivalent)
  • Additional Polymer Processing Qualification

Must Have

  • Engineering Degree or higher in Tool Design or related field
  • Extensive injection mould tool design experience
  • Project Management Experience (Preferably in Medical Device)
  • Minimum 8 Years Experience (Injection Mould Tool Design) in a related roll
  • Good understanding of the injection moulding process
  • Ability to interact with suppliers, customers, and external toolmakers
  • Perfect written English
  • Strong analytical skills