Toledo Injection & Tooling Engineer
OP Mobility · Ohio
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at OP Mobility (automotive) in Ohio. Is responsible for the Injection Tools trials.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $80k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 108 manufacturing engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 107 other live manufacturing postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $80k–$105k, from 15 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 43%
- ✓ Tooling 37%
- Root cause 37%
- Team leadership 36%
- Six Sigma 29%
- Automation 28%
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Responsibilities
- ◆Takes part to the injection tool concept validation.
- ◆Brings technical proposals in order to improve the project targets: Quality, Cost, Lead time.
- ◆Is the main technical contact with the toolmakers during the project life.
- ◆Uses on a daily basis the department data base tools ( TCRD , FAC , Action plan, trial evaluation … )
- ◆Organizes and leads the Trial Preparation Meeting. Is responsible for the Injection Tools trials.
- ◆Takes part to the trials and manages the needed actions in order to reach the Injection trials targets defined during the Trial Preparation Meeting, in accordance with the safety rules.
- ◆Takes part to the wash up meeting after the trial and the tuning loop, for the analysis and synthesis of the global results with the core team.
- ◆Updates the action plan (FAC) and displays the information to the toolmakers.
- ◆Is responsible for the factory tool transfer stage (Tool, Injection process reliability in relation with the factory specifications).
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Job Title : Injection and Tooling Engineer
Type of Contract: Full-time, permanent
Location : Toledo, Ohio
Profile
- •Bachelor degree or equivalent in plastics or injection tools design
- •Good command of English
- •3 or 5 years of significant experience on Injection & tooling field
- •Able to understand rheology studies
- •Advanced competencies in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and design software or viewer
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