ToolingEngineer

Job Posting Start Date 06-10-2026 Job Posting End Date 08-11-2026 Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. ## Job Summary **Job Summary** To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Tooling Engineer located in Buffalo Grove, IL. Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the potential candidate would be responsible for designing and engineering tooling protocols for molds, jigs and fixtures as required to meet products specifications. **What a typical day looks like:** * Design and engineer moderately complex tooling protocols for molds, jigs, and fixtures as per product specifications. * Participate in design reviews. Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) evaluation. * Validation for the molding designs and troubleshooting tooling issues. * Implement cost effective tool design changes. * Collaborate with other team members to qualification, sampling, and final part approval. * Provide status reports as per established schedule. * Prepare and maintain documentation related to tool room equipment. **The experience we’re looking to add to our team:** * Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience and training for 8+ years of related experience in thermoplastics, thermosets, injection molding (e.g. product design, validation of tools), mold flows, troubleshooting and resolving tooling issues, strong familiarity with molding processes. * Proficient with use of the tools, experience with electronic assembly: color code, component, and schematics. * Experience with PCB operations. Testing: o