Tooling Engineer 1

Job#: 3043043

Job Description:

Location: El Segundo, California (Onsite)

Clearance: Secret Clearance highly preferred

This position supports the Tooling department for a leading organization. The role involves designing industrial tools, dies, gauges, and other equipment for production and experimental use. The ideal candidate will work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with manufacturing, operations, and engineering teams to ensure tooling meets quality, cost, schedule, and safety requirements.

• 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.
• Develop basic data and make preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes for 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, conformity to standards, and accuracy.
• Identify design errors and recommend revisions or improvements.
• Support vendors during fabrication and inspect fabricated tooling for drawing compliance.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and investigations related to root cause analysis.

Education: A Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline is required.

Experience: Candidates must have experience with modeling and drafting on CAD software tools. Knowledge of manufacturing, fabrication processes, and machine shop practices is necessary. Experience with drawing release criteria for completeness, correctness of materials, and conformity to standards is also required.

Technical

Skills:

Knowledge and application of GD&T (ASME Y14.5-2018) is required. Proficiency with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software such as Siemens NX or CATIA is needed. The position also requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational abilities, and technical attention to detail. Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance

• Active DOD Secret clearance
• Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Experience in engineering, design, and fabrication of special tooling and support equipment.
• Experience in design and fabrication of tooling used in the manufacture of composite parts.
• Ability to evaluate vendor capabilities for tooling and aerospace part production.
• Experience participating in development projects and establishing tooling statements of work.
• Experience with a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• Experience with stress analysis using hand calculations and FEMAP/NASTRAN.
• A Professional Engineering License is preferred.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:
Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance…