Tool Design

Tool Design Engineer

You will be a Tool Design Engineer for the LM Palmdale site, supporting the design and development of special tools and fixtures for assembly and fabrication operations. Our team is responsible for creating innovative solutions to manufacture aircraft components and final assemblies, while ensuring compliance with government regulations and company requirements.

As the Tool Design Engineer, you will be responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, fabricate, and implement special tools and fixtures, utilizing CAD software such as CATIA V5. You will create detailed tool design CAD models and drawings, and provide shop floor support to resolve technical and manufacturing issues.

You will also be expected to provide support to tooling vendors during the fabrication phase of tool designs, see their use into the production system and ensure configuration control is maintained. Other tasks will include root causes of tooling issues, ability to implement corrective actions, act as a technical checker for tool designs developed by team members/vendors and work to drive continuous improvement into our line of business.

A combination of education and experience may be considered equivalent to the degree requirement. Case by case evaluation must occur.

Desired skills:

• STEM degree
• Previous hands on mechanical experience, jig building experience, and computer aided design experience on any 3D drawing and analysis software package.
• Previous tool design experience for composite part families and processes, from layup fixtures to trim fixtures, bond fixtures, and assembly fixtures
• Exposure to root cause analysis and continuous improvement concepts.
• Exposure to Vendor support
• Exposure to disposition tooling request from vendors on tooling issues and ability to research and validate request.
• Experience with CATIA V4 and V5 Software
• Microsoft Office Suite:
  Outlook, Power Point, Excel and Word
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) experience

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, schematics, specifications and diagrams.
• Must be able to interpret metrology data.
• Experience with CATIA V5 Software
• Tool Design and Fabrication Support Experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.