Tooling Design Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing

The role

The Tooling Design Engineer will perform day-to-day tooling design and development support for production tooling aids. The role focuses on designing tools, gauges, and production aids to support new and existing production processes.

What you will do

• Design and develop new tools, tooling, gauging, and other tooling aids to support production operations.
• Create designs and drawings using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
• Analize tooling performance and adjust designs accordingly to improve performance.
• Design tooling for CNC machining, turning, and additive manufacturing methods.
• Review technical manufacturing specifications to determine tooling requirements.
• Design for ergonomics when appropriate.
• Collaborate with team members to develop design solutions for production support.
• Evaluate tooling/gauge/aid performance to determine for-use worthiness.
• Investigates and troubleshoots process issues.
• Provides technical support to operations.

Required qualifications

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• Minimum of 10 years of tooling design experience
• 10 years of experience using 3D modeling CAD software
• Siemens NX / Teamcenter Experience
• Experience working with CAD assemblies
• Good understanding of Engineering Drawings and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• Strong analytical skills using appropriate logic and reasoning for design solutions
• Experience conducting design reviews
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong creativity and innovation skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft O365 suite

Nice to have

• Aerospace Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) experience
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles, experience with Kaizen events or experience with a continuous improvement program (6s, etc.)
• Experience with composite materials

Benefits

• Mentorship
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• US. citizenship is required for this position
• All candidates selected will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.