Fixture Designer

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly competent and detail-oriented Fixture Designer with 3 to 4 years of dedicated domain experience in CNC manufacturing work-holding solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end design, development, mechanical validation, and successful execution of high-precision clamping setups and fixtures tailored for modern 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis CNC machining centers.

The primary objective is ensuring structural rigidity, exceptional part repeatability, maximized cutting-tool clearance, and strict collision mitigation across complex multi-axis setups. The selected professional will manage the entire life-cycle of fixture creation from budgeting and initial cross-functional design review meetings to final blueprint release, process sheet assistance, and material tracking.

• Fixture Design for Manufacturing:
  Design custom, high-precision manual, hydraulic, and pneumatic fixtures for 3-axis, 4-axis (HMC tombstones/rotary setups), and 5-axis simultaneous manufacturing processes to support strict production mandates.
• Design Reviews &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Actively attend and conduct comprehensive fixture design review meetings to present structural concepts, collaborate across production teams, gather actionable feedback, and secure formal technical approvals before tooling fabrication.
• Drawing Release:
  Produce and release finalized fixture models and detailed 2D engineering drawings utilizing Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T per ASME Y14.5) and tolerance stack‑up analyses to lock down repeatable locating alignments within required micron thresholds.
• Process Sheet Engineering Support:
  Actively collaborate with production and process engineering teams by assisting in the creation, review, and refinement of manufacturing process sheets to align tooling capabilities perfectly with operational sequences.
• Budget & Cost Management:
  Estimate, monitor, and manage the specific engineering and material budget for each fixture design project, ensuring all hardware, fabrication, and custom components stay strictly within allocated corporate financial limits.
• Material Procurement Tracking:
  Monitor and track the supply chain cycle, delivery timelines, and lead times of raw materials, standard tooling accessories (e.g., zero‑point grids, swing clamps, locating elements), and commercial components to guarantee on‑time availability for live production schedules.
• Collision Prevention Analysis:
  Execute robust 3D kinematic checks in native CAD platforms to eliminate interference risks between the fixture components, work‑piece blanks, cutting tool assemblies, extension holders, and machine spindle paths during complex multi‑axis rotational interpolations.

Education: Technical Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Tool & Die Design, or an equivalent technical manufacturing specialization.

Core

Experience:

3 to 4 years of targeted, exclusive experience drafting and modeling CNC metalworking fixtures. (

Note:

Generic sheet metal, automotive body-in-white (BIW), or aesthetic product designers will not be considered.)

CAD Proficiency: Expert competency utilizing advanced 3D modeling systems (such as Solid Works) along with corresponding 2D manufacturing layout suites.

Kinematics & Machine Envelopes: Comprehensive understanding of Horizontal Machining Center (HMC) pallet receiver alignments, 4th‑axis rotary centerlines, and 5-axis tilt-table pivot limits, including raw structural load capacity shifts.

Material & Treatment Selection: Sound decision‑making regarding fixture raw materials (e.g., Cast Iron grades, Tool Steels) and their associated mechanical hardening processes (case hardening, nitriding, stress‑relieving).

• Direct engineering exposure coordinating models with CNC programming teams running CAM / dry‑run simulation packages (Mastercam, NX CAM, or Vericut).
• Familiarity with pneumatic or hydraulic manifold pressure valve layout designs.

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