Senior Tooling Engineer (Heavy Stamping)
Sterling Heights, MI
Senior Tooling Engineer (Heavy Stamping)
Designs tooling fixtures, gauges, mechanisms, blueprints, and detail drawings for manufacturing, using CAD/AutoCAD and supporting testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Requires large stampings experience (1500 tons+), 3+ years in engineering, and a Mechanical Engineering degree strongly preferred.
Seeking a Senior Tooling Engineer with experience with large stampings (1500 tons+)
WHAT YOU'LL DO
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design tooling fixtures, gauges and/or mechanisms as required for manufacturing purposes.
- Develop blueprints for new and existing tooling designs as per customer or project specifications.
- Utilize CAD or AutoCAD to analyze existing tooling designs and improve on them.
- Contact outside sources, when necessary, for cost estimates on tooling, fixtures, gauges, machine components, tool detail and machine work for production or quoting purposes.
- Prepare detail drawings of tools, dies or machine parts. Assists in the design of dies which will provide maximum productivity and part quality to our customers.
- Share designs with colleagues and implement any relevant feedback in the new designs.
- Act as a liaison between Engineering and other departments for trouble shooting and cost reduction purposes. Coordinates the interface between customer design requirements and die shops.
- Design and test experimental tooling in conjunction with the operations team.
- Assist in other areas of die design, manufacturing and die start-up.
- Participates and, as appropriate, leads continuous improvement activities at the facility.
- Other duties as assigned.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering strongly preferred.
- At least 3 years of experience in an engineering role, preferably in a heavy industrial stamping setting.
- Knowledge about selection of tool steels and PVD coating selections for different applications
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with others as needed.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills.