The Tooling Engineer is responsible for supporting new program tooling development, production requests for die improvements, cavity replacement builds, designing gating and venting systems, managing day to day dimensional issues/die failures and carrying out validation of changes.
Main Responsibilities
- Run flow and thermal simulation software to design and optimize gating and venting systems. Review results with cross functional teams, update tool CAD/prints and implement changes. Collect and review data to verify results.
- Analyzes tool failures and work with cross functional team to solve problems. Design innovative solutions to improve filling, thermal balance, venting and die life.
- Create, modify and maintain tool CAD and prints.
- Manage quoting, procuring and build of new program tooling, cavity replacement and other die components. Lead design review meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Must be proficient in CAD.
- Must have die design experience.
- Bachelors degree preferred; Associates or Journeyman required
- Journeyman toolmaker experience highly desirable.
- Experience with flow simulation software is desirable.