Tooling Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering, or a comparable engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• At least three years of direct manufacturing experience, ideally in a technically demanding production environment.
• Practical experience in tooling design, fabrication, and procurement.
• Proficiency in CAD-based mechanical design and drafting.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design and manufacturing fundamentals, including GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Ability to identify relevant load cases, create free-body diagrams, and perform basic engineering calculations for common mechanical failure modes.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment such as CNC machining, manual machining, welding, sheet-metal forming, lifting and rigging, assembly, and inspection.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of technical challenges, and manage several priorities simultaneously.
• Effective communication with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
• Comfort with extensive travel, up to 100% of working time, typically Monday through Friday and generally depending on client and project needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Creo Parametric and Windchill.
• Experience with finite element analysis (FEA), particularly ANSYS Workbench Static Structural.
• Experience supporting products from development into production.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and release CAD models and engineering drawings for manufacturing tooling in accordance with ASME Y14.5 standards.
• Develop practical solutions for assembly fixtures, material-handling equipment, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machinery.
• Manage tooling projects throughout the lifecycle, from concept and design through vendor selection, procurement, fabrication, inspection, installation, commissioning, and proof testing.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering, Integration Engineering, component designers, suppliers, and other technical stakeholders.
• Set priorities for tooling procurement and fabrication and communicate requirements across the project team.
• Support repair and rework activities and develop solutions for unexpected manufacturing challenges.
• Perform root-cause analysis for nonconformances and support corrective actions.
• Define material-handling and packaging requirements to protect hardware during manufacturing and transportation.
• Apply design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and design-for-assembly (DFA) principles to improve safety, quality, cost, cycle time, reliability, and maintainability.