Sr Tooling Engineer

Magna International•Lancaster, OH

About The Position

The Senior Tooling Engineer manages and supports Structural and Mechanisms Tooling Engineers and oversees tooling and tooling-build timelines for North American Structural and Mechanisms Product Divisions. The role ensures components are produced consistently to quality, timing, and cost expectations, promotes current technologies and continuous improvement, and contributes to short- and long-term tooling strategy. The position also leads Magna’s Center of Excellence (C.O.E.) for metal forming, including sharing best practices and maintaining related documentation. The engineer coordinates tooling design, quoting, fabrication, implementation, validation, and engineering changes across new and existing programs. The role manages the North American tooling database and tracker, develops progress reports, conducts supplier and divisional audits, and acts as a technical contact for vendors. It supports new-business activities, production and assembly tooling, quality and PPAP requirements, customer-specific requirements, and internal and external audits. The position also supports safety, environmental, quality-management, and other company procedures, and may travel globally as required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in Manufacturing or Engineering; alternatively, a community-college technical graduate or certified tool-and-die/mold-making apprenticeship or equivalent.
At least five years of manufacturing experience in the automotive industry.
Familiarity with metal fabrication, assembly processes, and related tooling.
Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming, and roll forming; roll-forming knowledge is required.
Capability and knowledge in tooling design.
Knowledge of laser/MIG tooling and advanced GD&T.
Strong verbal, written, and technical presentation skills, including communication in multicultural environments.
Team-oriented approach to problem solving.
Demonstrated planning and system implementation ability.
Proficiency with related software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and VISI.
Ability to travel globally and hold a valid passport; travel is required.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of fine blanking.

Responsibilities

Manage and support Structural and Mechanisms Tooling Engineers and oversee tooling and tooling-build timelines using the Tool Tracker/TLDB.
Help ensure high-quality components are produced on time and cost effectively for North American Structural and Mechanisms Product Divisions.
Contribute to short- and long-term strategic tooling plans and promote current tooling technologies, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Lead Magna’s Center of Excellence (C.O.E.) for metal forming, maintain C.O.E. documents, and conduct meetings with Structural Products Tooling Engineering.
Manage the North American tooling database with divisional tooling engineers and maintain its accuracy; conduct tooling database audits at suppliers and Magna divisions.
Coordinate fabrication, implementation, development, and improvement of tooling and equipment for new and existing programs.
Coordinate and implement engineering changes on tooled programs and support production assembly, weld, and Cam-Slide assembly tooling when required.
Participate in and lead tooling design and costing activities for new business; quote tooling and piece prices, develop process and strip layouts, and review tooling blank sizes for optimization.
Send RFQs to Purchasing, participate in sourcing decisions, negotiate vendor pricing with Purchasing, kick off tooling, and work with Purchasing on tooling quotations for new business and engineering changes.
Review and approve tool strip layouts, support forming simulations, and work with engineers to develop formable parts.
Coordinate tooling FMEAs, ensure scrap guidelines are followed in tooling design, and achieve PPAPs on time.
Approve and sign off on metal-forming tooling and gauges using the Die/check fixture Validation Check list (DVD).
Act as the technical contact for vendors on tooling issues and support vendors and suppliers when required.
Develop and maintain tooling manuals, trackers, and progress reports; report KPIs weekly and report tooling progress accordingly.
Work daily with production on quality issues related to stampings, sub-assemblies, and assembly tooling.
Support Maintenance with continuous improvement for assembly tooling and development and improvement of preventive maintenance procedures.
Work with Group Costing on new-business tooling optimization and with Program Managers on programs as needed.
Serve as customer representative to ensure customer requirements are addressed, including special characteristics, quality objectives and training, corrective and preventive actions, and product design and development.
Follow customer-specific requirements for Stellantis, Ford, and GM when applying digitized mathematically based data, referring to the IAOB website.
Support internal and external audits related to ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949 certification for the remote Group Office site.
Support Standard Operating Procedure 8000 and comply with MAFACT, AODA, C-TPAT, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 requirements as applicable.
Promote workplace health and safety by establishing clear goals and ensuring safety talks, meetings, training, and applicable protective measures are completed.
Mentor and deploy best practices at Structural Product divisions, establish annual goals, and perform other duties as assigned by management.