Staff Engineer, Tool Design

You will own production tooling from concept through design, analysis, release, fabrication, and prove-out. You will translate product requirements into tooling, create design packages, validate designs, manage fabrication and issue resolution, and support first-article and shop-floor activities.

Responsibilities

• Translate GD&T, key characteristics, and CTQs into tooling requirements.
• Design assembly jigs, fixtures, molds, gauges, carts, and protective tooling.
• Conduct FEA and hand calculations for stiffness, clamp loads, safety factors, and ergonomics.
• Generate tool design packages with models, drawings, BOMs, specifications, and safety information.
• Lead design reviews and human-factors evaluations.
• Manage tool fabrication, NCR/ECR resolution, and shop-floor prove-out.
• Develop tool setup, care, preventive-maintenance, and inspection instructions.
• Support first-article activities, alignment, gage strategy, and dimensional validation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of tooling design, mechanical design, or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronics, or a related engineering field.
• Prototype manufacturing experience in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
• Knowledge of machining, composites, avionics, or assembly manufacturing processes.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment for temporary employees