Senior CAD Composite Tooling Engineer

Sunseeker

Poole

Hybrid

GBP 50,000 - 80,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical

Dental insurance

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sunseeker International in Poole seeks an experienced CAD Composite Tooling Engineer to join the Development team. You will drive advanced tooling design for luxury yachts, delivering production‑ready solutions that boost efficiency, quality and manufacturability.

You will collaborate with Design, Production, Quality and Supply Chain to bring complex composite structures from concept to production, managing projects end‑to‑end and aligning with NPI activities and production readiness reviews.

Qualifications

A Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Composite Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Product Design Engineering.
A minimum of five years' experience in composite tooling design and manufacture within a production environment.
Advanced CAD experience using software such as Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor or Creo.
Strong knowledge of composite manufacturing processes and tooling techniques.
Experience designing female and male moulds, master models, plugs, patterns, assembly fixtures, bonding jigs and inspection fixtures.
Knowledge of CNC machining requirements, GD&T and dimensional control techniques.

Responsibilities

Designing and developing composite production moulds, plugs, patterns, jigs, fixtures and trimming tools.
Creating complex 3D CAD models, manufacturing drawings and tooling surface data.
Developing production‑ready tooling solutions that optimise manufacturing performance and quality.
Applying GD&T principles to tooling and engineering drawings.
Conducting tooling design reviews, risk assessments and validation activities.
Supporting manufacturing teams with technical expertise across composite processes including hand lay‑up, vacuum bagging, resin infusion, prepreg and RTM technologies.
Managing CAD data, revision control and engineering change processes.
Producing manufacturing documentation and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
Supporting root cause investigations, corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.