1005 Plastics Engineer Sr

ALTEN Mexico, is a leading engineering company that specializes in providing innovative solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. We work directly with different industries including Automotive, Energy, Aeronautics, Banking & Insurance, Telecom & Multimedia, and Rail; offering services ranging from project design development to test/validation, programming, implementation, and manufacturing.

ALTEN Mexico as a subsidiary of the ALTEN Group. Currently working with international clients, and we are looking for a Plastics Engineer who will contribute to the development of an Iron Air Battery , a large-scale energy storage solution, as a plastic component and tooling cost-optimization specialist.

📍 Location: Remote
🕒 Experience Level: 5+ years
🌐 English: B2–C1
Key Responsibilities

- Review custom plastic components and identify lower-cost materials, geometry, tooling, and manufacturing methods.

- Develop rotomolded or thermoformed scrubber-vessel concepts with integrated features.

- Drive supplier DFM reviews and incorporate feasible recommendations into CAD and drawings.

- Evaluate tooling simplification, part consolidation, assembly reduction, quality risk, and validation needs.

- Support nonconformance analysis for injection-molded components.

Requirements
Must‑Have Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, or related field.

- 5+ years of plastics product development, process engineering, tooling, or supplier engineering experience.

- Experience with injection molding plus at least one of rotomolding or thermoforming preferred.

- Experience with polymer material selection, tooling, and supplier DFM.

- Experience in part consolidation, wall-thickness control, draft, ribs, bosses, undercuts, shrinkage, warpage, and tolerance design

- Working knowledge of plastic part design, tooling economics, DFM, GD&T, and supplier qualification.

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English level B2–C1 .

Soft Skills

- Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration.

- Technical leadership and decision‑making capability.

- Problem‑solving and analytical thinking.

- Time management and ability to operate under tight deadlines.

- Detail‑oriented mindset with strong documentation discipline.

- Supplier coordination and negotiation skills.

- Continuous improvement and robust design focus.

Benefits

- Competitive salary

- Benefits above those required by law

- Career growth and development plan

- Remote work scheme

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