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We're working with a growing manufacturing company that's looking to hire a Tool Design Engineer. A tool design engineer will design complex metal stamping dies to support the production of complex deep drawn metal stampings and progressive parts based on customer provided product designs. The tool design engineer will be responsible for creating tools that run efficiently and produce parts that meet customer expectations and customer designs. As a designer you will be engaged in the design, building and development of new tools. Tool design engineers will work with other design engineers, tooling engineers, and toolmakers as part of the design process.

Tool Design Engineer Primary Job Responsibilities:

1. New Product Review and Quoting
2. Tool Design
3. Continuous Improvement

Tool Design Engineer Job Responsibilities:

1. New Product Review and Quoting - 10%

• Review customer prints and propose changes to allow the parts to be manufactured using company's equipment and processes.
• Participate in customer conversation and product design reviews as needed for new products and quote review.
• Create accurate tooling progressions that can be used to generate tooling and part costs.
• Create part models and part weights that will be used in the quoting process.

1. Tooling Design - 60%

• Create internal part prints based on customer part prints.
• Design gaging to ensure parts are measured and checked accurately to meet customer part print requirements.
• Create tooling layouts showing the progression of the part forming operation station by station.
• Generate accurate material usage and gross weights for new products.
• Design tools to make deep drawn components using Solid Edge CAD system. Tooling designs will support the production of components in ICOP style press, transfer presses and progressive presses.
• Create multiple tool positions within the tool design to clearly show the design function.
• As part of the new tool design process, you will hold tool design review meetings with cross functional teams. Meetings will be held to discuss and validate the tool design. Meetings will include design engineers, tooling engineers, and production toolmakers.
• Create accurate detail prints of the tooling components that show the required dimensions and tolerances to build the components. The tolerancing scheme should result in components that are built accurately and function in the tool as intended. Balance tolerancing and cost to build components that function to the intent of the design.
• Design tools for manufacturability while meeting the needs of the tool design.
• Release completed design and tooling packages for tool build.
• Support tool build, tool assembly, development and tooling print updates after initial tool design is released.
• Design tooling for secondary equipment as needed to support new products.
• Select and design in tool technologies to verify part quality. Sensors, leak test, cameras etc.
• Project documentation including documentation of design review discussions and follow up on the discussion items.

1. Continuous Improvement - 30%

• Work with production toolmakers and tooling engineers to review known tooling issues and create solutions to eliminate the issues.
• Support design improvement of secondary equipment.
• Support and participate in focus groups to improve tooling processes.
• Use the ECR system to document and capture tooling improvements.
• Update tooling prints and revisions as needed.
• Support continuous improvement of the design, build and development process. Maximize the use of CAD to its full potential to improve the design, build and development process.
• Training of other employees including engineering and apprentices.

Tool Design Engineer Education & Requirements:

• Preferred Education: 4 year degree or equivalent job experience. Journeyman toolmaker a plus.
• Preferred Experience: 3 years of experience designing deep draw tooling, transfer press tooling, ICOP tooling and progressive tooling.
• Preferred Training/Skills:
• Must be able to work in a team setting.
• Must possess the ability to describe and convey design intent verbally.
• Possess the ability to take multiple peoples ideas and turn them into a robust design concept.
• Computer Software. (Microsoft products)
• Strong Mechanical Aptitude.
• Strong understanding of the Deep Draw and/or Progressive Metal Forming Process.
• CAD (Solid Edge) experience for design, simulation experience a plus.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication abilities.
• Heightened attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to track projects and handle multiple projects at once.
• Understanding of geometrical tolerancing and how to apply.
• Familiarity with tool steel selection.
• Understanding of raw materials and material properties a plus.

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