Rafael T.

Experience

• Design Engineer & Technician Moulding Manufacturer · Full-time Dec 2024 – Present 1 yrs 8 mos United Kingdom Designed over 130 production injection mould tools within the first year, rapidly developing expertise in tooling design and plastic injection moulding processes within a design team of 4.
  
  Designed complex tooling solutions including multi-component, insert moulding, and over-mould tools for high-volume consumer products.
  
  Collaborated with customers, toolmakers, production teams, and suppliers throughout the development process to balance manufacturability, cost, quality, and project timescales.
  Modified product and tooling designs to improve mouldability, cycle times, product quality, and manufacturing efficiency.
  
  Conducted mechanical tensile testing on products and prototypes to validate material and design performance, formulating technical documents of processed data for key stakeholders.
  
  Produced detailed manufacturing drawings, assembly documentation, and engineering change updates.
  
  Developed an internal tooling design handbook to support knowledge sharing and standardisation across the design team.
  
  Supported prototyping activities using additive manufacturing and operated EMMA and Zund textile-cutting machines.
  
  Received a SolidWorks Tool Design Certificate from SolidSolutions, an authorised SolidWorks training provider.