Tooling Design Engineer

Tooling Design Engineer 2

This role involves designing industrial tools, dies, gauges, drill and assembly jigs, fixtures, and machine attachments for assembly, composite production, or experimental use. The position requires working in a fast-paced environment and collaborating with manufacturing, operations, vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure tooling meets quality, cost, schedule, and safety requirements. The candidate will work autonomously and within a team, adapting to processes while providing input for process or design innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop tooling concepts and support equipment for new and existing programs.
• Design tooling and equipment, including engineering drawings, inspection requirements, and verification plans.
• Review designs for manufacturability, fit, form, and function.
• Identify and mitigate safety risks in accordance with company and government standards.
• Create layouts of complex assemblies and detailed parts of structures.
• Develop basic data and make preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes to present design proposals.
• Interface with internal customers and design review teams to ensure requirements are met.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, operations, and process engineering to support program objectives.
• Manage tooling projects, including cost, schedule, procurement, and fabrication.
• Check completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, and conformity to standards.
• Identify design errors and recommend revisions or improvements.
• Support vendors during fabrication and inspect fabricated tooling for drawing compliance.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and proactive problem-solving.
• Support investigations related to root cause analysis, non-conformances, and process failures.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline.

Experience:

A minimum of 2 years of relevant engineering experience. Experience with drawing release criteria for completeness, clarity, dimensional accuracy, correctness of materials and processes, and conformity to standards.

Technical

Skills:

Experience with industry-standard design tools including NX CAD and CATIA. Knowledge of manufacturing, fabrication processes, and machine shop practices. Knowledge and application of GD&T (ASME Y14.5-2018) and drawing weld symbols. Proficiency in 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) and drafting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Experience in engineering, design, and fabrication of special tooling and support equipment.
• Experience in the design, fabrication, and implementation of tooling for composite parts.
• Ability to evaluate vendor capabilities for tooling and aerospace part production.
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
• Experience with stress analysis via hand calculations and FEMAP/NASTRAN.
• Professional Engineering License.