Design Analysis Engineer

Hubbell Water Enclosures is seeking a talented and driven Design Engineer to support the development and optimization of injection molding tooling for our water enclosure product lines. This role is critical to ensuring our products meet high standards of durability, performance, and manufacturability. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in tooling design and a strong understanding of plastic part engineering within a high-volume manufacturing environment.

This position will have a a mix of remote flexiblity and onsite presence and require approximatey 10% travel to the US for business meetings.

Design and develop injection molds and tooling for water enclosure components using CAD software (SolidWorks preferred).

Collaborate with product development, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure tooling supports functional and production requirements.

Conduct mold flow analysis to validate and optimize tooling designs for performance, cycle time, and material efficiency.

Support tooling vendors during fabrication, testing, and troubleshooting phases.

Drive continuous improvement in tooling design to reduce cost, improve quality, and enhance manufacturability.

Participate in design reviews and provide technical input on material selection and part geometry.

Ensure tooling designs comply with Hubbell’s safety, quality, and environmental standards.

What will help you thrive in this role?

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or related field.

Minimum 3 years of experience in injection molding tooling design, preferably in industrial or utility products.

Proficiency in 3D CAD software (SolidWorks, Creo, or equivalent).

Experience with mold flow simulation tools (e.g., Moldex3D, Autodesk Moldflow).

Strong understanding of thermoplastics, tooling materials, and mold construction.

Excellent communication and project management skills.

Experience designing tooling for large, outdoor-rated enclosures or utility products.

Knowledge of UL, NEMA, or ANSI standards related to water enclosures.

Experience working with domestic and international tooling suppliers.

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.

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